I love the saying… “I love it when a plan comes together…”
But what I love more…. Is when our routine with toddler Joy sticks for more than 7 days!
So I love it when our routine comes together!
We are all (around the world) entering year 2 from the C-19 disruption. And we have not been in a set routine in that 365 days!
With things sort of “settling” in South Africa, our kiddies had the privilege of returning to daycare! Ding ding ding!! All parents cheering for a bit of normalcy!
So the big plus from lockdowns was that kiddies do not get as sick as they did when they were at school. Now that they may return is a whole other ball game. If teachers get tested for C-19, because of contact with a postive C-19 person, then we had to isolate too, until results, and sometimes this happens more than ones in 3 weeks! I am very thankful to be working for my Super mom. If it was any other business I would have had to make another plan or become a stay at home mom.
As a parent you feel so relieved for your child to go back to school, but then something happens every 4 days with someone or you own child and mini lockdown for everyone in your household again.
So why did I call this post the 3 sick bears…?
For the simple reason Joy contracted a cold, and now all 3 of us are ill at home. Even my Super mom is ill. So trying to do somewhat of a routine while you are woman-down, your man is man-down and gran is also gran-down is absolutely a “whatever” situation.
We eat whatever. We drink (not that kind of drink) whatever. We watch whatever. We sleep whenever. And we wear whatever…just to cope. Its super hard when both parents are ill, it’s a struggle who gets to sleep when, whose turn is it to entertain your child… You get the jist.
My Super mom was a single parent, and she worked for a corporate company and she worked hard and long hours. I can’t even begin to imagine how she coped when I was ill and had to stay at home. #SingleSuperparentsRULE!
Yes, it’s difficult when everyone in your household is sick, and yes… You shiver at the thought that tomorrow will be another day at home when you see a snotty nose or when you feel like crap, and still have responsibilities… And I know everyone is hammering on the “new normal” but, I believe the lives that we are living now, is forcing us to be more adaptable to change and create our own “on-the-go normal”.
Just as long as everyone in your family does not get sick the same time… 😉
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