{"id":2649,"date":"2013-10-14T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2013-10-14T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T14:52:24","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-this-single-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2013\/10\/14\/a-day-in-the-life-of-this-single-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day In the Life of This Single Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

6:30 – Wake up and Breakfast<\/strong>. \u00a0Ethan goes to the local boutique to pick up our bread while I cook some eggs and get their school bags ready.<\/p>\n

7:30 – Off to School –\u00a0<\/strong>Load up the car and head off to school, picking up a friend on the way<\/p>\n

8 – Charge up Strength for the Day ahead –\u00a0<\/strong>Time with God, a must for survival here<\/p>\n

8:30 – 12:00 – French –<\/strong>\u00a0Speak, get corrected, listen, and try to put the pieces together<\/p>\n

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Our faithful language helper who spends hours every day with me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12 – 1:30 – \u00a0Lunch Prep <\/strong>\u00a0– Lunch is our big meal and by far takes the most time to prepare.<\/p>\n

1: 30 – Lunch \u00a0– <\/strong>The boys return from School and we eat lunch all together<\/p>\n

2 – Nap <\/strong>– 15 minutes to close my eyes and recharge for the rest of the day and then prep for my next language session<\/p>\n

3 – 5 – French<\/strong>\u00a0– Because if I hope to ever get done once a day is not enough. \u00a0This time my language helper comes to my house since the boys are home.<\/p>\n

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My other language helper who hangs out with us during my session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5 – A little time set aside for the boys – <\/strong>We start with Ethan’s homework and once that is done we have a little time to play whatever they would like to play. \u00a0It is the time fully reserved for them<\/p>\n

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It is never too early to learn ticket to ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6 – Dinner – <\/strong>This is less involved for us, but still takes time none the less. \u00a0No microwave or dishwasher here \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Everything just takes longer here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7 – Bath, Books, Bed – <\/strong>Time to get the Boys ready for bed.<\/p>\n

8 – House\u00a0maintenance\u00a0and Emails – <\/strong>Time to do anything that needs to get done before the next day. \u00a0Pump water up to our tank, filter drinking water, squish any cockroaches, catch up on emails and the likes.<\/p>\n

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Our water tank, which rarely seems to be full these days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10 – Crash<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yep, pretty sure this is what I look like<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those are everything normally planned in my day, but then there are the added unplanned normal events which include at least a few visitors and probably one or two problems that arise. \u00a0All of those which can show up at any moment and can rarely be ignored.<\/p>\n

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Even the visits we enjoy take time and energy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

JOEL IS COMING HOME TODAY!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although little changes about my schedule when Joel is here, it does mean that I am not facing all of these things on my own. \u00a0It makes a world of difference, because there are two people carrying the load. \u00a0This trip was probably the smoothest, of all the times that Joel has been gone. \u00a0Tyler ran a fever the first day, but after that most things went as planned. \u00a0The boys did great and there were not many unexpected big events or problems that popped up. \u00a0We are still, however, super excited to be back together as a family. \u00a0It won’t last long, but we will treasure every minute of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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