My Monday madness began today with a migraine.\u00a0 I struggled through a couple of hours trying to tackle school, but to no avail. I ended up going to lie down in the dark and then lay there in frustration at having forgotten to take anything for the pain before I lay down, and not wanting to have to get up to go get it.\u00a0 After two hours I got up and took as much as I could legally get away with, and right when I should have been getting mom loaded up to go to the prostheticist, the pain finally started to abate, which meant I had to quickly get myself ready and motor over there.\u00a0 By the time we were done with her hour-long appointment the headache was finally completely gone.\u00a0 Thanks be to God.<\/p>\n
When we got home it was closing in on 2:30, Paul was already home from work, and I knew I was going to have to face the challenge of doing some math with Jacob.\u00a0 It is his least favorite subject, and on Mondays, after a weekend that included an overnighter in Sun Lakes with the grandparents, and many hours immersed in his Minecraft world, with virtually nothing approaching a schedule, absolutely everything that interrupts his obsession qualifies as his least favorite.\u00a0 My morning migraine did not help get things off to a successful or productive start, but I had tried to ease him back into the real world with some assigned literature readings.\u00a0 Literature is usually his strong suit – or history, or really any subject as long as it involves reading. However, when it was time to head to the whiteboard and begin the monstrous task of multiplication, everything went sideways.\u00a0 It’s fairly rare for Jacob to have a real meltdown.\u00a0 Occasionally he has a momentary glitch in self control, but normally we can pull things back into line.\u00a0 Today was not that kind of a thing.\u00a0 Today’s issue, complicated by a few days off schedule and the stress of facing complex mathematical processing, was a two-parent problem and the solution required removal from the situation, and quiet isolation to settle down.\u00a0 As always, I’m so thankful for my husband who is such a good and patient father.\u00a0 After a 15 minutes he was calmer and ready to try again, and we were able to get some work done together.<\/p>\n
I was proud of his efforts in controlling himself and in sticking to his task, and after we got a good bit done, I let him go play Minecraft for a while while I went for a walk around the neighborhood with my sweetie.\u00a0 It was a brisk 42\u00b0F and I should have thought to bring a tissue along with me.\u00a0 But it was very enjoyable nonetheless, and even though my pace is much slower than Paul’s, walking and talking together is something we have always loved, and always will.<\/p>\n
I am thankful to be ending the day on a peaceful note and grateful for my Lord’s sustaining graces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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