Mar. 30, 2007
Since when did hygiene become a 5 pm thing?
Okay - I've reached an all new "low" in my mothering career. Since when did showers become optional? Hair has become something I need to hide and get out of the way? Granted, we do live in bush Alaska where some villages don't have running water and real toilets, but Nome is a place that has them! There is no excuse for getting ready for "my" day when everyone else's is winding down! Hmmm... It could be that my little angels are in their desks at 8 am ready for action, so I have to be too! Unfortunately, that is very early and doesn't allow time for me to get enough sleep, do devotions, eat breakfast, brush my teeth and wake up before we start. Maybe I'm slowly losing my mind since I don't care how my hair looks or if make-up is on my face. I'm more concerned with pronouns, number sentences and how the planet revolves. My husband asked me yesterday if I thought the children looked like street urchins. LOL I told him that's how homeschool kids look. They don't wear the latest fashions. They wear what they like and what's handy that day. Their hair isn't tidy and perfect. There's no time for that - we have kings and queens to learn about. "At least they're clean," I tell him.  Well, if any of you have been to Nome, you will find that most people here don't wash often, don't have tidy, neat hair, and seem rumpled all the time. I guess we fit right in! FYI: It's been snowing all day and blowing like mad. Watched a couple small bush planes try to land on their tiny, snowy runway. They finally gave up and landed perpendicular across the runway and stopped in the snowbank or, in the case of one of the planes, when it hit the fence! Ah, you've got to love the Arctic! Paula :-) |
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Mar. 31, 2007 - You're not alone...
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Posted by Mar. 31, 2007 - HAHAHAHA
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