Day 178

30th August 2022

Bed Schooling

Firstly, how hilarious is the picture above?!

I was looking for a quick pic to illustrate how poorly I felt this morning, and Google threw this little gem at me. This is an actual portrait of a woman on her death bed, hundreds of years ago.

Death bed portraits were a thing! The ultimate insult, right?

I realise I’m only adding to this poor woman’s anguish but the likeness was uncanny! 😂Mila lay at the end of the bed and this was me as we ran though math mentals. 😫

So anyway, I felt really unwell Monday afternoon and by dinner time was laying there like a drunk person unable to move or swallow.

The kids made themselves scrambled eggs on toast (Liam was working late) and pretty much put themselves to bed. 😞

Before that we did get quite a bit done.

The Minotaur

In history we learnt about King Minos and the Minotaur he kept in a maze under his palace.

King Minos, ordered the neighbouring city of Athens, to sacrifice7 boys and 7 girls each year, to be fed to his Minotaur and in return, he would not attack their city.

Athens had no choice but to agree.

When the King of Athens’ son Theseus turned 18, he saw mothers & fathers weeping by the sea and asked what was the matter. When he learned of the yearly sacrifice he was outraged and insisted he board the boat to slay the Minotaur.

The Athenian King pleaded with Theseus not to go, but apparently, even Greek mythological teens are defiant!

When Theseus arrived to Crete, King Minos greeted them along with his daughter Ariadne who instantly fell in love with Theseus.

Later, Ariadne snuck into Theseus’ cell and gave him a ball of string, a torch and a sword, to slay the Minotaur.

So, Theseus slays the Minotaur, and returns home to Athens on the boat with the others. However, he forgot to change the sails from black to white, as a way to signal his father of his success or his death. Upon seeing the black sails on the horizon, Theseus’ father threw himself off a cliff and died.

So, a bit of a tragedy in the end.

Afterwards, we each drew a Minotaur.

Then went to the dog park where we played with our friends’ dog, Diego.

Today the kids did the grocery shop all by themselves while I sat in the car.

They were so stoked to go in by themselves. They got everything on the list and didn’t buy anything extra! I was certain a tub of ice-cream or something would have slipped into the trolley, but no. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Later, Linc made a batch of choc chip cookies and Mila made brownies and then somehow, I made it through drama and basketball and cooked mama’s famous creamy pasta and blogged.

Time for rest. 😴