Hoplawe 2018: A collision of extremes in the making
Some of you must know by now that I do this annual homeschool planning weekend thing that my friend and I call HOPLAWE (for HOmeschool PLAnning WEekend). In a nutshell, my friend and I schedule a weekend many months in advance for us to go somewhere and sit in a hotel room for a few days so we can do whatever we need to do to prepare for the upcoming school year. Each Hoplawe is different simply because we need different things each year to be prepared. Some years I am working out schedules, writing up lesson plans, and getting cozy with my curriculum of choice. Some years I've read books on how to make myself do the things I need to do. One year I slept a lot,and that was okay. Sometimes the most important thing we can do is sleep for a day and a half to let our brains recover from whatever emotional trauma we've put it through. Hoplawe has evolved from a weekend split between my apartment and the guest suite to a hotel in Columbia for 3 days to Charlotte and Ikea for 3 days...