Yep. It's so predictable. I have got the blahs big time. So do dc. I know it is just this time of year that does it to me (every year-can I BE any more predictable!?!) but knowing the cause and being able to cure it are two different things. In my defense, there are a few mitigating factors:

1. Throw an infant and toddler into the mix 3 random days of the week, as dd cannot yet afford daycare for my grandsons. She does shift work and it is never the same. Except the time...6am. Need I say more?
2. Both said grandsons having RSV and needing regular nebulizer treatments, tylenol, noses wiped with staggering frequency... Hmmm, can we say "cranky" (I mean me, not the kids, they take it in stride).
3. Coming off two very excellent unit studies in a row-Christmas and Pirates. It's a hard act to follow. World Architecture is our focus right now, and it is going well, but just hasn't quite jelled into a cohesive unit yet (see mitigating factors 1 and 2).
4. The weather pretty much stinks, as usual this time of year, but is unusually stinky this year. Snow one day, 55 degrees the next. Then back to 18 degrees again. Good grief.
5. Husband working night shift (also on random days). Try keeping this mob quiet all day so dh can sleep, while simultaneously trying to homeschool and care for aforementioned grandsons.
6. Do I really NEED another?

So... what is the cure? I'm not sure, but I believe I have found a temporary fix. We are taking what we call a "sanity day." A day when we just read or play or watch DVDs and refuse to feel guilty about it because fighting it is futile anyway. If the weather were better we would be at the park right now.

School is just a bust today, and the weather (see #4) so in order to make lemonade out of these lemons this morning I ditched (pitched) school and suggested ds read his latest library find-some sort of medieval knight thing as usual-while I cared for attached-at-the-hip baby. After awhile, ds pipes up from behind his novel, "I LIKE this day!"

I must be on the right track.