Another Step Towards Freedom

I have never before kept the kids home for the full summer break. Seven weeks later, I have survived. Three weeks of this I had my husband to help, which felt like holiday bliss. The rest has been hard - but also rewarding - work. I have been less stressed, less snappy, and less exhausted thanks to the more flexible schedule - and some brilliant warm, sunny days. My sister, who is visiting and doesn't yet have kids, asked me around ten times today how I manage with the three small kids. It is pretty crazy. But tomorrow is yet another step towards freedom for me, as my girls return to care (first grade and preschool respectively, a big step!) and my youngest finally starts at kindergarden. I must underline the luxury of the logistics involved, as all of this is housed in one building, literally across the street from us (I can see the school entrance from our balcony). A few hours of freedom from the kids. The question of freedom to what is still open. At the least to read a newspaper at a corner cafe for a start.