Of course I still have two jobs; split between working at church and tutoring, and once I show up for one I know what to do. It's the little details that have me confused.
How do I get to work?
For the past several years my school routine has been drop off at school followed by the trek down Hulen to get to church to take Paul to preschool. Monday I didn't need to go to church but found myself driving there anyway. I can take a more direct route to school but was mixed up on how to get there.
When I was a teacher, I learned that voicing your thoughts ( called thinking aloud) was a strategy that helped children develop their own thought processes. I am so used to "thinking aloud" that I have forgotten how to "think silently." I find myself in the car saying, "I'm going to need to turn right when I see the green sign." On Monday I took a wrong turn and felt like cursing but kept it under my breath. The empty car just might get offended.
Yesterday as I finished my church work I kept waiting for the little knock on my office door. Paul didn't come to tell me preschool was over for the day and I kept on working. I discussed to an empty car whether or not I would have time to buy a frozen pizza at Kroger before school let out. I did and the car agreed.
We are all so happy to have school back in session. Both children adore their teachers and Adam and I are thrilled. Adam's routine remains the same. Mama, however, has to relearn how to think and arrive at locations without children.
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