Solely Mine:
Get to work. Prepare attendance records and notes for each student. Check work related e-mail and respond. Once per quarter prepare a progress report/grade. Maintain written files on students. Write out an activity schedule for each class. Check homework. Stay positive and encouraging. Encourage accountability. Attend and contribute to meetings/discussions. Keep up with French and Japanese studies + some Spanish and German. Shop for my own supplies and materials to use in the classes. Make suggestions for workbooks/textbooks as needed. Other projects as needed such as discuss what makes for success in a language class.
Hiking Club: 100% Kari - needs to be more member support - just don't do stuff if they won't come through and take over food or other chores; if no-one steps up to take over if I can't go, just cancel it - so tough for me but necessary!
Shared Responsibilities and Percentages:
1. Feed and give water to animals. Seems to be mostly me; sometimes Glen.
2. Give Mid his meds. This is 95% on me as no-one else remembers. He got very thin last summer when I was gone a lot.
3. Dog care: walking her, brushing, cleaning, clipping, giving meds = 100% me
4. House cleaning: vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, bathroom cleaning: 90% me - which I feel resentful about; tried doing chore charts before; I work less hours than Glen at work, but he sits around more and sleeps more at home whereas I begin my second job when I walk in the door. Everyone else refuses to clean the bathrooms.
5. Cleaning Dishes: Glen 60%, Keisuke 10%, Kari 40%
6. Laundry: Glen 50+ %, Kari: 50%+; Keisuke doesn't do his so I've just been leaving them - he at least needs to put it together somewhere; hopefully, the longer I leave it, the more likely he'll do it on his own.
7. Keisuke's bathroom: I stopped doing it, but the toilet and floor keep getting ruined from his pee all over
8. mowing the lawn: Kari is over 70%; Glen 30%: Keisuke needs to start doing this.
9. weedeating 2x a month or so in spring - summer: Glen 100%
10: weeding: Kari 95%; Glen 5%: again Keisuke could do this esp. if chooses not to work or go to school
11. hot tub and pool maintenance: 100% Kari - cleans, does chemicals, fills as necessary, deals with filters and pump ongoing issue - no-one else uses much except Keisuke in the summer
12. grocery shopping: Glen 75%; Kari 20%; Keisuke 5% (only with my money)
13. other errands such as toiletries and meds pick up/drop off: Glen 70%; Kari 30%
14. Garbage: Keisuke only takes out his own room's. Glen does 85% of garbage collection and taking out bins. I will take the bags to the cans at least once a week and sometimes do the collection if Glen's not home that night. I typically bring the cans back in.
15. Mail collection: 65% Glen; 45% Kari
16. Dealing with mail/bills: maybe this is 50-50.
17. IRS/Paying for major house stuff: 100% Kari - tired of it I must say
18. other shopping/paying for college: 100% Kari; kid's dad doesn't pay much of anything towards their support/expenses
19 car maintenance: mostly Kari during her off time - breaks in school schedule
20 making appointments: mostly Kari during breaks at work; Glen does some of it on days when I can't so perhaps he does 25% of this
21 cooking 85% me to Keisuke's constant complaints, 10% Keisuke, 5% Glen
Who Brings in the Bacon:
1. I work 9 months a year (considered full time for teaching) and make about 3/4 what Glen brings in. He has no boundaries at work so he works long hours for nothing so he doesn't do as much at home.
Basically, Keisuke needs to pick up some of this if he wants to continue living at our expense once he turns 18. He could do all chores in exchange for his car expenses and free room and board. I have been gradually asking/expecting him to pick up more since all he does is sit in his room watching TV. He won't take care of his meds issue, tutoring, etc.
Glen actually does more than I realize.
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