30 APR 26

A day in the life of Collette...

Soft-boil eggs for breakfast with Spanish oldies playlist...

Writing lesson with Patience editing her romance novella...

Math lesson with both kids with all the usual protests...

History lesson discussing Canadian government abduction of native children into the 1980s (Sixties Scoop)... while Yali draws beards on photos of the founding fathers...

Drive into the city to pick up Yali’s student art from Powell Hall where the Education Programs Assistant tells Yali he likes his abstract...

Drive home while the kids rapidly enter Crazy Town... probably due to hunger for lunch...

Prep BLTs and ramen for the tribe...

Reading lesson with Patience...

Drive Patience to St. Charles County to help babysit the cousin squad with “Grandma”...

Skip down the corner to DQ for secret cheeseburger and fries... split with Oxbear at home...

Prepare pan of enchiladas for dinner which the boys urge to bake early and clean the kitchen...

Reading lesson with Yali and Writing lesson... an assignment he titles “My Monster Department”...

Drive to Elmer’s and Jaya’s to celebrate T’s 6th birthday with more family... admire T’s growing play-sword collection as Patience walks over with cousins after rescuing “S” from fishing in the toilet...

Thirty minutes later drive Patience home to grab a forgotten dance bag where Puck is leaving for the gym...

Back to the studio once more thirteen minutes late after the road’s shut down by firetrucks to sit on the parking lot with a stack of documents...

Home to begin reading “The Fellowship of the Ring” to the kids before bed... with a box of Whoppers... Mama-only...