WHAT DAY IS IT?

I walked into the kitchen, scooped up the tea kettle from the stove and was walking to the sink when my son Alex looked at me, then at the clock. “Aren’t you late for school?”

“Nope, I’m virtual today.” I began filling the kettle.

“Oh, no.” he stepped away from me. “Did someone get sick at school?”

“Nope, everybody’s fine.” I put the kettle back on the stove and lit the fire underneath it. While I waited for the water to come to a boil I went over to the dining room table to set up my work-from-home office for the day.

“So why are you remote on a Thursday?” Alex as he began setting up the coffee pot.

I stopped what I was doing and looked over at him. “You know…” I sighed. “I really have no idea anymore.”

Alex started to laugh.

“I’m serious!” I had to laugh myself. “I didn’t even know it was Thursday until you just said it!” I pulled my daily planner out of my school bag and placed it next to my Chromebook. “I swear I have to take this with me wherever I go now just to make sure I know what day it is.” I opened my Chromebook and began to sign in.

I went to the kitchen to fix my cup of tea then went back to the screen.

Alex was pouring himself a cup of coffee. “Aren’t you planning on getting dressed before you go online?”

I looked down at my clothes then back at Alex. “ What do you mean? I am dressed.”

“Aren’t those your pajamas?”

I looked back down again. “No one’s going to know this tee shirt is actually my pajama top.” I shrugged my shoulders. “Besides I’m wearing a sweatshirt over it so it doesn’t really matter.”

Alex just shook his head as he went into the refrigertor to get the milk. “But you’ll know.”

“Oh come on!” I cried. “That’s one of the perks of virtual learning!”

“If you say so.” he poured a splash of milk into his cup and put the milk back in the refrigertor.

I sighed as I look back down at my tee shirt. “I’m really just doing observations and writing reports. I probably won’t even turn the camara on.” I opened my weekly planner to see what I needed to get done.

“Wait a minute!” I cried as I scanned this weeks page. “I’m not virtual today!” I looked at the clock. “Oh my gosh, I’m going to be late!” I jumped up, unzipping my sweatshirt as I raced towards my bedroom. “I have to jump in the shower and get dressed!”

Alex went over to the dining room table to look at my daily planner. “Wait a minute!” he called.

“I really don’t have time!”

Alex turned the page of the planner. “You were on the wrong week.”

I stopped in my tracks. I could feel my heart racing. “What?”

He pointed to the planner. “You’d turned to the wrong week.”

I came back to see. When I actually saw I was indeed virtual I began to laugh. “See, I told you I never know what day it is!”

Alex shook his head and started to laugh. “Actually you’re not ever sure what week it is.”