adventure continues

yesterday ashwin lost his school bag and stayed up late, crying, to complete a group project ge had been given 3 months to do. 

he's so like me. just doing everything much earlier 

I lost my school bag in jc too. I raced to complete my thesis. I did the bulk of a project for my frienss in sec 4  

love the boy. supported him as best as I could. my dad did toom he supported me and now supporting g his grandson haha. printed something for us at 1030pm

 

final work is good. not perfect but definitely good. 

he's so creative ashwin. 

midst of this youngest started wailing. and I recall thinking, if you are going to act up, one by one, could you at least take turns and give me a 5 min breather in between? but no. they must overlap..  grateful for eldest who steps in unobtrusively to help. then she needs support too of course. but she waited her turn like only the eldest kids learn to do. 

so much going on

i have to write to process all that is going on

basics. India trip

 broke my phone my glasses my clip

 4 of us fell sick. but we are back. we survived. truly builds resilience. Sat u der the moonlight talking and listening to taylor swift. waited. for the sun go down for electricity to come. back. learnt to cherish

 water. save when current is on so you can use it later. don't waste a drop if you can help it.

lived in a forest in munnar. with the cricket sound so enveloping you feel surrounded. like it may descend on you any second

 

experiences

waterfall bathing. in a poncho! 

had a goat adoot us for a walk. 

then parenting now

 

okay so what's happening with the kids 

1. aishu . ill. stomach flu that lasted longer than the rest of us. got skating shoes fell down twisted her wrist. crying feeling anxious. seems like onset of early puberty  . gah. 

2. ashwin. Reading about ghosts. saw his grand aunt transmit great grand aunt and quite affected. thinks he saw a ghost. quite scared. turning to God that's good. oh and we fought about math. made me look at this loving pic of yasoda and krishna and wondered if they ever had to tackle math together.

3. akshaya. homeschooling. identifying with lgbtq community. seeing acceptance from father. 

quite a few cool headlines for what it is like to be parenting in mid 2024