Remote Learning 2.0

We are trucking away here at the Luce Family homestead.  The kids start Remote Learning 2.0 (as our schools are calling it) today. They are moving from Remote Learning 1.0 of maintenance learning to actually learning new content. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I’m fortunate as the girls recognize the need for routine and have been working every day on academics, piano, being creative, and staying fit. Jason is working from home every day but is really sequestered in the office and on conference calls for most of the day so I see him in the morning before his “commute” 😂, at lunch, and when he “comes home”. We have been going for walks almost everyday and have realized that the “old people” are onto something with their daily walks! We get time to chat and explore where we live and it is so calm and quiet. I am enjoying having everyone home and get to run/workout with the girls, do my own exercise, and walk with Jason so I have a lot of fitness options. It varies from day to day as I can’t run as far as Ali on her long runs nor as fast as her on her tempo runs but I get to run her “easy” runs and hill repeats with her. Usually, Sofia joins in on those runs too and it is fun to be with them and listen to them laugh.  I’m grateful they have each other. 

I’m still the family cook, house cleaner, grocery shopper, to-do list doer. My biggest and most complicated job is that of scheduler and it is currently on hold. Yes, I still schedule remote piano lesson and remote French lesson but that is it.  There is nothing else for me to really juggle. I find it a little disconcerting to not have to constantly juggle pickups, drop-offs, carpools, changing schedules to accommodate one offs etc. I realized the other night as I lay awake that my brain didn’t feel tired and I think it is because it is not in constant motion of scheduling. I’m trying to take it as a blessing that I get a reprieve from scheduling but honestly I look forward to getting back to it as it is like a giant jigsaw puzzle I get to complete every day!