It always seems like I'm catching up on here. At times I have difficulty uploading pictures and generally don't do a good job at keeping the blog updated. I'm currently exploring some options that may help me to do that better.
We're settling into a fairly good routine in the dorm. Time is flying as we only have 2 weeks left until fall break. A quick review of our days goes like this... up to get breakfast ready for 7:15, school starts at 8am for Aidan and the dorm kids.
Aidan is attending the mission school here and is in 2nd grade.
Once the kids are off to school, we're getting laundry started. I do our own laundry but have a worker that washes clothes for the dorm kids. I do help her a bit. Usually laundry takes about an hour of my time daily on and off, because it all gets hung to dry after it's washed, which is a bit more complicated than just tossing it in the machine.
Three mornings a week I have a worker that comes to clean the dorm for us, she sweeps and mops all the rooms and cleans the bathrooms. She works from 8:30-12. She doesn't require any help from me. After laundry I'm usually onto lunch prep. We eat our main/big meal at lunch except for maybe once a week. Depending on the day it takes more or less. I try to bake bread, make granola and yogurt on the weekends to speed things up during the week. The school kids come home at 10:25 for a snack break so I have something ready for them. Then it's back to lunch prep. There are 10 of us for lunch daily. The kids finish school at 12:15 and it's usually 12:25 before we eat. Remember I do have Ian (who's 9 months old now and Elianna at home in the mornings). Pete is usually around but normally spends mornings working on some of his other responsibilities in his office, he oversees some workers and does some administrative stuff for the team of missionaries on the center. He helps out with laundry/lunch if needed. After lunch i feel like crashing and sometimes do. We have a chores system where everyone washes there own dishes after a meal but a team of kids is on dishes for the day, they dry and put away the dishes and wash any other meal dishes.
Usually the afternoons are not as crazy. Suppers don't require much prep. The kids go back to school at 1:15 until 2pm. At 2 they do work detail at school, sweeping and cleaning classrooms and sidewalks. Then they have free time or homework time. The younger kids have gym class Mon and Wed and the older kids have gym on Tue and Thur at 4:30-5:15. The reason for the later time is due to the heat. Pete or I usually try to go to gym class and participate if they need us. Supper is at 6pm. The jr. and sr. high kids have study hall from 7-8:30pm. We use this time to get our kids ready for bed and shower ourselves. From 8:45-9:15 or 9:30 is devos with the dormers. Then we hang out for a bit and are very tired by 10pm.
This is just a generic day but gives you an idea. Some days have other responsibilities or meetings etc.
Stay tuned for some pictures and hopefully I'll keep more up to date.
