Working through a slump

I'm sitting here thinking that I should be doing something to better myself, but I don't really want to.  I got two circuits into a workout this morning and quit because I just really didn't want to be doing it.  Not in a "wow this hurts can I be done yet?!" kind of way but in a "the next 20 minutes just seem boring and unpleasant kind of way." Somehow I totally missed that there was no school today, and didn't realize it until my daughter ( heretofore, Lou-Lou) came back from the bus stop and said no one was there so she went by our neighbor's and was told there was no school.  I still don't understand why, but its was on the district calendar so here we are.

So I was sitting there trying to figure out what to do with my three kids on a cloudy cool day when our budget is shot. 

We ended up doing two little science projects. One was about oxidation on pennies, which worked really well, and kept them entertained for quite a while cleaning pennies.  The other was about density in liquids which did not work nearly as well.  My corn syrup was dark syrup not light, so it was hard to tell the difference between that and its neighbors, honey and maple syrup.  And my dish soap was  more dense than my milk, so that didn't work either.  I actually had rubbing alcohol, but my food coloring didn't work on it, and Lou Lou squirted it in with a little too much vigor so it mixed with the water two layers down.  We decided to put it aside for while and see if it separates out at all. 

photos by Fuzzhead

Oh, and the baby cried through most of it.  This is why I don't think I could homeschool. Projects are fun, but I can't handle the stress of helping all three at once.

And here I am at 1:00 pm, Treeleafy is sleeping, the bigger kids are keeping themselves occupied, and I have time to do whatever.  I just don't really want to do anything.  Ennui, I suppose.  I have a couple of books, but they aren't really tripping my trigger right now. I was hopping the science projects would be a catalyst for productivity, but it didn't work out like that. Dinner is simple tonight (baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese sauce; lazy, satisfying and it has vegetables) so I don't need to do much to get that started.  

And here I sit.