Starting yet another school year.
The last month has been...weird. After nearly 2 weeks of some serious fatigue and even weirder breathing issues that had me in bed most of the time, the doctor has brilliantly (ahem, sarcasm alert) decided that I need to take a few extra vitamins and use an inhaler for a few weeks. Yes, vitamins. My problem is not really vitamins, but whatever. The random fatigue thing is gone to once again hit me another day. Unfortunately, those were supposed to be my two weeks of obsessive housecleaning, menu planning, and freezer cooking to get me fully prepared to start our 2015/2016 school year. Sigh. I had such beautiful plans.
For my non-homeschooling friends, this is how the school year starts every year. No, not with weird health symptoms that come and go, but with something that wrecks my sparkly, shiny dreams of getting ALL of our schoolwork done, the house cleaned, and healthy, home cooked meals every day. It's not a realistic dream. It's just not. Still, every year I hope that THIS will be the year that it all gets done well and on the same day most of the time. Realistically, there will be exactly one day this year where the stars align into the perfect day. It's good that my dream get smashed early before I have time to actually start to believe this particular one is possible for me. =)
So where does that leave us now? Well, we've finished two weeks of school (only 34 more to go!). Tommy has started his Challenge B class with Classical Conversations. He's started algebra *gulp*. Algebra along with formal logic, Latin, and the other normal 8th grade subjects. Charlotte started 4th grade on Homeschool Lite until her CC group starts on Tuesday. Matthew is 5. I'll probably teach him to read this year. In general, school takes a lot more time than it used to, and I'm a little resentful of that. I miss the days of packing up and going to the park in the morning with our friends for "Physical Education". I'm sure that will happen occasionally, but Algebra and frequent last minute park days simply aren't compatible.
We've eaten out more in the last few weeks. We've had more pasta with jarred sauce for dinner than I'd care to admit. Laundry? Honestly, it's been a few weeks since I've done that. Jon and the kids have taken that completely over for which I am very appreciative. If you see me in a t-shirt though, it's because Jon doesn't do my laundry quite as often as I'd like it done. I'm not complaining because, like I said, I haven't really done laundry in about a month.
And that's it I suppose. We've officially started another school year. I take homeschooling one year at a time. If it ever really doesn't work for us anymore or Jon decides he can't do anymore laundry, I suppose we'll stop and do something else. Like finally hire the personal staff I've always wanted. ;)
For my non-homeschooling friends, this is how the school year starts every year. No, not with weird health symptoms that come and go, but with something that wrecks my sparkly, shiny dreams of getting ALL of our schoolwork done, the house cleaned, and healthy, home cooked meals every day. It's not a realistic dream. It's just not. Still, every year I hope that THIS will be the year that it all gets done well and on the same day most of the time. Realistically, there will be exactly one day this year where the stars align into the perfect day. It's good that my dream get smashed early before I have time to actually start to believe this particular one is possible for me. =)
So where does that leave us now? Well, we've finished two weeks of school (only 34 more to go!). Tommy has started his Challenge B class with Classical Conversations. He's started algebra *gulp*. Algebra along with formal logic, Latin, and the other normal 8th grade subjects. Charlotte started 4th grade on Homeschool Lite until her CC group starts on Tuesday. Matthew is 5. I'll probably teach him to read this year. In general, school takes a lot more time than it used to, and I'm a little resentful of that. I miss the days of packing up and going to the park in the morning with our friends for "Physical Education". I'm sure that will happen occasionally, but Algebra and frequent last minute park days simply aren't compatible.
We've eaten out more in the last few weeks. We've had more pasta with jarred sauce for dinner than I'd care to admit. Laundry? Honestly, it's been a few weeks since I've done that. Jon and the kids have taken that completely over for which I am very appreciative. If you see me in a t-shirt though, it's because Jon doesn't do my laundry quite as often as I'd like it done. I'm not complaining because, like I said, I haven't really done laundry in about a month.
And that's it I suppose. We've officially started another school year. I take homeschooling one year at a time. If it ever really doesn't work for us anymore or Jon decides he can't do anymore laundry, I suppose we'll stop and do something else. Like finally hire the personal staff I've always wanted. ;)
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