Gettin Busy
Today I was working on my calendar…writing down all the things on our schedule for the next few months.
I think our fall will be so much fun!
Mondays we have NUG
Tuesdays we have Girl Scouts
Wednesdays is Chicago Homeschool Coop
Thursdays is my “tribe day” with Jackie, and Music Together
Fridays will be our free day to plan appts and field trips. Friday nights are reserved for The Crew, as my husband has dubbed us.
Plus, I have La Leche League meetings, Condo Board President duties, Home Management Duties, which include Meal Planning, Meal Preparation, Budgeting, and Cat Control. And a part time home business with Natural Family Boutique, and once a month Cloth Diaper workshops to teach. And also be a wife and mother and friend, somehow find time to read all my magazines, do assorted art projects, maintain several blogs, and oh, yeah, sleep.
Mondays, NUG. NUG is a loosey goosey affiliation of families, and I like to attend their Multi-Age Open Gym Day. Though it can be extremely noisy at times, its a nice time to mingle with other parents while our kids can run rampage in the chicago winter.
Tuesdays, Girl Scouts. This will be my first year as a GS leader, and I am excited to be working with the Daisies, ages 5 and 6. It is a homeschool group, which is super cool! Yay!
Wed, another homeschool group with an Open Gym day. Its so nice to have indoor options in the middle of February when its cold and yucky outside and you are sick of your own house.
Thursdays, tribe day. I call it a tribe day, because our idea is to be building a relationship with another family-not just between kids, or moms, but the whole family. A year and a half ago, I emailed a mom that I knew slightly from my LLL group. I sent her This Link and asked her if she was interested in something like that. She said yes, and we have spent one day a week together ever since (barring vacation or serious illness) Its grown to include occasional weekedn babysitting swaps, birthday celebrations, and its adjusted to accomodate new babies, (Yay, Madeline!) and new jobs (YAY, Husbands!) and new schedules (school! girlscouts!) We hardly ever get any cleaning done, but we get lunch and dinner, occasional field trips and everyday life accomplished on a regular basis. Jackie has become a dear friend, and our kids enjoy each other, and our husbands are involved too! Its a lot of fun.
Friday…The Crew. This is a combo of 4 familes. 3 of us have hubbies who have other obligations on Friday nights, so we get together in some variation at rotating homes. Rachel hosted a couple of weeks ago, and it was a true life messy party albeit indoors. There were 7 kids, 5 and under, and a bazillion scraps of paper from scissor-work, blocks, cars, coins, and in the kitchen, a make-your-own ice cream sundae extravaganza. I thought Rachel was going to have just hose down the whole apartment. This last Friday it was just me and Zibby at Barrie’s with her kids and one of their friends. It was low-key and fun, and we caught up after not having seen each other for like, 10 whole days. LOL. Tina couldnt make it because she had a pesky case of bacterial pneumonia, and Rachel couldnt come because Otto was sick (which we all sincerely hope does not begin a 4 month spell of family illness for Rachel like last year!)
Well, so thats our Fall Schedule. Of course, that doesnt include weekend craziness or the Unschooling Conference Vacation. Which will all be blogged about in due course. Of course. 
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Oh girl, you are so much less burnt out than I am. Looking at my Fall schedule (equally crowded) makes me have panic attacks. Glad to see we’ll be overlapping on Mondays and Tuesdays though!