Adjusting

I don't know about your families, but my family is having a hard time readjusting to the new school year. I don't know if it's my schedule or if it's because Dermot and I had two months of very little scheduled time. My schedule changes every semester. Most of my colleagues get roughly the same schedule every semester, but I haven't been able to do that. This semester I've already had several meetings in one week, and I just got an email setting up a bunch more meetings. I have real work to do. I don't need to sit around in meetings. I'm teaching 5 classes face to face, and one online course. That's a lot of grading and preparing.

I haven't even added in Dermot's extra-curricular stuff yet, and I really have to do that. The thought of having to take him to math twice a week is just killing me. If I take him as early as possible with my schedule, then we get home late for dinner. If I take him to the latest possible session in the day, then we're rushing to eat dinner. I don't know what the right answer is for us. I could do math on a weekday and a Saturday, but Dermot has asked for a day off, and I don't blame him. I do want him to rest. He will be attending Magic class at the Montclair State University gifted weekend program from the beginning of October to the middle of December. I can choose Saturday or Sunday, and I think that Dermot wants Sunday. Since I'll be handling math during the week, magic will become Ethan's task.

I don't remember feeling so rushed and over-scheduled before. I have a feeling this is going to get worse before it gets better. How soon before Dermot can stay at home after school by himself? Can you imagine if he was an athletic kid too? I would go crazy.