child home not sick

after a hectic fun (that's hectic, not hecka') weekend miles said his stomach hurt this morning so i let him stay home. it was another sunny perfect day. i gardened, cooked homegrown kale and green onions, made carrot muffins, and defeated the entire pile of bills. i even completed maya's kinder application with, gulp, starr king mandarin immersion in the top spot.

maybe i am just lazy, but i don't want to work these days. i am imagining my day tomorrow. 8:30, two little boys with very different issues, me trying to plan therapeutic activities. then 9:00 two brand-new three-year-old students, again me trying to hold a little clinician-directed session to engage them both. then the part i like best, three hours of co-teaching our little class. then meetings with parents about transitioning to kindergarten. thursday is little 30-minute pull-out sessions all day. i am feeling burnt-out. it has been eleven years, and that is quite a while.

i would love to be a gardening housewife. i could walk leisurely to and from school with my kids. get a bike and start doing all my errands on it. hem the pathetic bottoms of my son's pants which are all stepped on and torn to shreds. make healthy muffins and recipes with brown rice and many vegetables. write my novel, of course. tutor at my son's school. but i know i have a good gig with the school district, and i should hold on tight...unless i can find something else rewarding and part time and secure.

any speech and language pathologists out there have any ideas? anyone else?