Okay, I'm getting my cool back... Chula called me from New York and was so nice, and cheering, and funny! And she gets it that the only comfort really is to throw myself harder into work. Her reading went well!
Rook put Moomin to bed, and did everything, and is very comforting as well... and says my book will be good, and useful...
I hear Moomin's timer go off in his bedroom. He has the kitchen timer in there now, so we put him to bed, he then turns on his bedside light, gets up, turns the timer on for 5-10 minutes (We say 5, but he puts it to 10, and I pretend not to notice) And reads comic books until the timer goes off. This is our attempt to stop his tendency to read till midnight if not told over and over to put the light back out... and to end nagging, and let him feel in control. If he really can't sleep, he can turn the timer back on, but then it dings and he is reminded to stop reading. The sound of the timer makes me smile, he seems so proud of himself for using it, and takes it very seriously! I was especially proud of him today for doing the homework from the past 2 weeks all at once and finishing the trip journal in the morning. He has finally mastered the part of the homework where they must alphabetize their spelling words.
I should make a plan for teaching him stuff over the summer and doing some fun field trips.
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