Yes, that was my sinister laugh. You see, we homeschool. We don’t start today….but the rest of the kids who live in Phoenix do. It’s 9:23 am and two of my three kids are still asleep…. happily dreaming of sugar plums and their favorite mother/teacher who doesn’t want to start school until September. We are in a co-op for the boys that starts on the 31st. So I guess we will be starting in August…. barely. We’re studying Africa for four months. Should prove entertaining.
My junior in high school starts this Thursday with one class, Economics (only on Thursdays). That gets her warmed up for next week, when she starts Spanish 2 (only on Tuesdays). THEN the following week she starts Chemistry (only on Tuesdays, too.) So she’s slowly starting her third year of high school….. not the cannon-ball style… the wade-in-slowly-while-you-get-used-to-the-water style. Algebra is an ongoing force in her life. And I still need to pick an English course for us to do together! Yikes! (Hey, I have two more weeks!)
I’m not ready for school to start. Usually by now (two weeks and counting down) I am full-blown into planning and gathering needed supplies and books. Not this year. I’m terribly distracted by our coming Colombian princess. I knew I needed to finish her room before school started… and I finished last night! Whooo HOoooo! I asked the boys what they thought of starting school in November. They smiled and thought it was my most brilliant idea EVER! But it was a cruel joke. My heart is in Colombia…. not Africa. What doesn’t help my motivation is that we will travel to Colombia during the school year… which will wipe out about six weeks of school when my mind is mush. I always thought I would have the kids bring at least math with them to Colombia. I’m not thinking that anymore. Spanish immersion is enough.
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