Starting school
I suddenly realized that I am starting homeschooling in two weeks. I can’t believe it. I was lost in this summer fog and now suddenly I am juggling activities and tweaking curriculum, ordering last minute materials and rearranging my classroom. I’m nesting!
It’s nice to start a new year. I remember starting school. I remember coming home from school on the first day with pads of writing paper that were stapled at the top. We had to cover everything in brown paper. I remember the smell of the paper and the fresh, white appearance of a new pad, full of promise. I remember the rolls of brown paper and the Clag glue! I used to be excited about starting school.
I decided to start school August 31st. We will establish a routine during that first week and then join 400 other homeschooling families in Disneyworld for the week following. Disneyworld is hosting a homeschoolers program, complete with classes at all of the parks. This will be Speed’s first time in Disneyworld and he doesn’t know about it yet! Last year I would have been worried about missing a week of “school”. This year I know better.
I am excited. I am far less concerned about the outcomes as I was last year. They will do just fine. Bring it on, world!
August 12th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Gosh I love that fighting spirit! How lucky am I to have found you?…..
August 21st, 2009 at 7:26 am
Wow, Disney with homeschoolers! Fun city!
Good luck starting back.
I am working today on HS planning but I’m sick (head & chest cold symptoms) and not feeling great, but fever is gone this morning, hooray!
I am happy to be excited for this school year. In some years past I was worried or exhausted after a busy summer and didn’t always have the best attitude by September.
Hope you have been well.
BTW I had an email problem & lost all my emails & DH even did something wrong to my contacts so it seems that all new contacts or edits I made in the last year or more are gone, I only have very old contacts (with some wrong email addresses). Can you shoot me an email so I can have your email on file?