I think I have completely lost my mind........

Well my friends as we are all attempting to wear many hats during these days of isolation I am failing at a few of my new roles.  I am an average teacher at best, as I have said before online school is difficult with a little one with no attention span, and a Mom with few hours to get assignments done.  Still this week was better than last week.  We found out last night our schools will be closed until next school year so I had better up my game in the teacher department.  

I have become the lead cleaning person in the family although my oldest son is in charge of two rooms and bathrooms upstairs.  He does a fabulous job, my husband is in charge of cooking which helps a lot, but frankly he has always been in charge of cooking so this is not new.  I am also a barber, cutting Little Buddy's hair with good success.  But the one job I was a complete fail at was groomer. Yup, after a bath last Sunday morning I clipped Bear's leg when I was trying to get a big mat off of it.  Off to the emergency vet we went and nine hours later I picked him up.  Not because he needed that long but there were big emergencies that came in and he was not a priority.  He was on pain medication so was asleep most of the day.  I was a wreck, a total wreck all day, and so was my dear Hank.  He was so, so quiet, not a tail wag all day long and he just stayed glued to my side.  After Bear's return late Sunday evening Hank never left his side, even for even a minute. We are all good now and the boys can even play!  If Bear would just leave that spot alone we would perfect but because he can't he still has to wear his cone on occasion.

Cutting Bear was my breaking point I'll tell you.  I have been hanging in there with all the stress of still working, schooling, house cleaning and trying not to freak out at the news, but cutting Bear is what put me over the edge.  I have to keep reminding myself that it was not intentional, he did not have a major emergency, and I did not lose him, it was just an accident.  Still it weighs on my heart.

School is becoming easier especially as I have Monday and Wednesday mornings off to work with Little Buddy.  I have only about 2/3 of my caseload right now because of the virus so this extra time helps both of us not lose our minds with school.  Teachers are trying so hard bless them.  There has even been some super fun assignments this week like watching a video on how to make this shark puppet, and a report on animals and what they need to survive.  Little Buddy picked a sloth! 

And yes my friends I have completely lost my mind.  For some reason I had my weekly calendar on the wrong week the entire week and I did not notice.  I kept writing things in and even though I write the date a thousand times day for work I still did not notice.  Which led me to take Little Buddy to get his Botox shots a week early.  Bless the lovely doctor who was at his office for seeing us on Friday instead of next week.  He is the loveliest man and decided we could do the procedure between the two of us with no nurses to help.  I have to give Little Buddy some heavy medication before the procedure and he had already taken it so it was worth getting done.  It went well and actually this little boy fell asleep on the way home and slept for 3 hours.  When he woke he was in a good mood, but we are still have occasional bouts of fussing and crying, more due to the medication he had than the shots themselves, I believe.

Despite what is happening in my life, the world, the panic, the news and constant death tolls, there are still so many things to be grateful for.  Flowers are blooming, at least where I live they are.  I have a family that is safe, we have food and shelter, we are working for the most part, and trying to get along while spending more time at home.  There is sun and a pool for Little Buddy to swim in, a new bike he likes to ride, and two fur boys who are a delight to all of us.  Even one with a shaved leg with three stitches in it.  

Have a good week my friends, stay safe and well.