We just started distance learning on Monday. Thanks to Stevie’s amazing teacher, the week is off to a slow start. It gives us all a chance to get reacquainted with our school schedule from the Spring, and provide transitional tools for our kids. Not much will change from the last round of this, and we have a good leg up on what to expect. It doesn’t really make me any more excited or happy to do it though. It’s been one hell of a long summer (that also flew by) and this just feels like an extension of that with more work thrown in. On one hand, I’m grateful for the structure because it helps with Stevie’s behaviors. But on the other hand, it’s a lot of work to be Stevie’s parent, playmate, caregiver, therapist and now teacher too.

He will have two 30-minute sessions a day with his class on Zoom. Then once a week he will have music class, library story time, group occupational therapy, adaptive P.E., speech therapy, individual occupational therapy, a one-on-one meeting with his teacher, and reading time with a classmate. All over zoom calls. I have to sit with him and walk him through all of these tasks, and then we still have the daily assignments/schoolwork/regular curriculum from his teacher and Kumon to get through. We take a lot of breaks because he can only handle small segments at a time. And then around 5pm, I’m like OMG I still have to make dinner. EVERY DAY!? Jesus take the wheel.

I know we’ll survive, I’m just being dramatic. But it is admittedly a lot and I doubt my ability to handle it all often. I told my husband I’m not even worried about Stevie learning because the attention we are able to give him at home vs. what he gets at school has really helped with his basic reading and math skills. But it’s all so tiring, I just DON’T WANNA! Haha. I want my alone time back and I feel like I’m pulling from an empty well right now. With no end in sight. But what else can you do? We’ll just get up and keep going — crying, drinking, and complaining as necessary.

outfit details

I really debated adding these recyclable sandals to the capsule as they are an older style and not very exciting to me anymore. But truth be told, they are really comfortable and such a slight silhouette that they never really go out of style. They’re just barely there and are easy to wear. Paired with cutoffs, they are casual like a flip-flop. And paired with a dress, they work as a nice flat sandal. When these recyclable sandals were gifted to me 2 years ago, I was really impressed by the price point too, especially for something responsibly made in USA using closed loop recycling processes. And now that J. Crew sells them, they feel a little cooler again.

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allyship notes

Quick note today because I find these types of brief lessons extremely helpful — not only in discussions, but in reaffirming what I already know and want to remember. Helpful Rebuttals for Racist Talking Points: Part one / Part two / Part three.

loves,
jaana