Re-Jammin'

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Today has been one of those rainy, raw, and dark New England days. It is the kind of day that makes even the most morning of morning people want to roll over in bed and waste the day. Before I had any real responsibilities, I used to call this type of day a re-jam day. A re-jam day is the ultimate lazy day. On a re-jam day, I would get up, have a cup of coffee, take a quick shower, re-jam (read: put on clean jammies), and then return to my bed with my second cup of coffee and a good book, or two, or five. It was time well wasted.

This morning, I opened the shades and faced the gloom. I had the urge to re-jam but, alas, such luxuries are not the life of a mama. I proceeded down the stairs to caffeinate and get my little poppies ready for breakfast.

Just to give you an idea, I took this photo after lunch. It looks like 5 o’clock out there, folks!

Leo has never had much patience for eating, so he downs his breakfast speedily so that he can get started with his day. Lately, he’s been doing his EPGY math and language arts and writing first thing in the morning, thus opening up the day for whatever “bonus” subjects he wishes to cover. This morning, he zipped through these tasks quickly and happily.

When he had finished he sighed and remarked, “This is a reading day. Can I just go upstairs and read today? Until it’s time to drop T off and pick her up?” Naturally, this comment made me think of re-jammin’ and so I told Leo about it. He loved the concept but did not want to “waste time” changing back into cozy clothes. After we dropped T off at school, Leo had a re-jammin’ type of day, minus the jams. He devoured several books from his latest series-obsession.

Leo’s latest obsession.

Meanwhile, Seuss and I read a tower of books together, snuggled on the couch, before I tackled the dreaded Monday morning to-do list.

It’s still pouring and it’s already pitch black out. Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to sit down with any of my books, although I was able to enjoy the latest GHF blog hop “Finding Your Community” during the kids’ quiet time. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, please do! There are some amazing posts in there, plus one from yours truly.

I have big plans to hunker down on the couch tonight once my little poppies are in bed. Does that count as re-jammin’?

By the way, Leo just told me that today was a “homeschooling perk” and I think he’s correct. I know the kid in me would have loved re-jammin’ on a rainy, raw Monday!

Happy Monday, all!

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

~Mark Twain

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