Worst Midterm Planner of the Year 😭

Hi parents… how are you today?

I need to come here and publicly report myself because at this point I deserve an award, not for “Super Mum” but for Worst Midterm Planner of the Year 😭.

So for some reason, in my very confident, very organised head, I believed the midterm break was two weeks.

Two. Whole. Weeks.

Which meant I spent the entire week doing what?

Working.

Chasing deliverables.

Fighting with my new very slow laptop.

Telling the children: “Go and read your books.”

“Do your Kumon.”

“Let’s revise this.”

No outings.

No soft-life mum moments.

No memory-making.

Just vibes and productivity.

Then I got to work on Wednesday, opened my calendar to plan next week, you know, to be a responsible, fun mum and I saw my son booked for rugby.

I said, “That must be a mistake.”

Got home. Checked properly.

They are going back to school on Monday.

Excuse me?????

So you mean this WHOLE week… was the holiday????

The Weekend That Is Not Weekend-ing

And before you say:

“It’s okay, take them out this weekend ❤️”

My dear…

I have taken jobs.

Saturday — massive pie production

Sunday — OZ Events delivery

This is what happens when you are a:

✔ full-time employee

✔ side-hustle business owner

✔ mum

✔ person waiting for reinforcement (my mother) who is currently in her own peak business season in Nigeria securing farm money so nobody is stealing her profits 😭

Help is not coming in February again.

The Business Plot Twist

As if that is not enough…

I have already collected full payment for a service I cannot currently deliver because the original plan was to learn it in Scotland next week during the second half of the midterm.

Which I am no longer going to.

Business Wednesday is going to be spicy 🌶 because the story needs to be told.

Mum Guilt Is Loud, But Let’s Be Honest

This is the part where mum guilt wants to enter with a microphone:

“You didn’t take them anywhere.”

“You made them study all week.”

“You missed the holiday.”

But can we also say:

The bills are being paid

The children are fed

The businesses are growing

Life is moving forward

This is not failure.

This is a high-capacity mum in a very full season.

So What Can I Still Do in Two Days?

Now to the real question:

For these last two days, in between pie production and event delivery, what counts as:

✔ simple

✔ fun

✔ low effort

✔ memory-making?

Because at this point it might be:

Movie night + popcorn picnic on the living room floor

Late bedtime with hot chocolate in mums room

Letting them “work” with me and decorate pie boxes

A quick after-school park run with chips

Not every memory has to be Scotland ( Everyone was expecting us💔).

Some memories are just:

“Mummy was busy, but she still pulled us close.”

And those ones count too ❤️

Final Note to Every Mum Feeling Like She Messed Up

If you also:

Mixed up dates

Overbooked work

Missed a school event

Served cereal for dinner

Welcome.

You are my people.

We are not failing.

We are building in real time while raising humans.

And that is not a small thing.

With Love,

One busy mum (Ayo 💕)