This has been the week of the flu but will not bore you (again) with all that. I will call this the evaluation week or the parent/teacher week. How can that be if the parent is the teacher? Well, since we were home all week, we were totally focused on getting homework done and I was totally focused on figuring out who has been doing their homework and who hasn't. Very interesting. I suppose that is what makes me 100 percent mean. Right at the moment we are all taking a breather as it is Friday night. Matthew and I are listening to book two of Harry Potter. I am determined to get through those things and figure if I carry the books on cd around while folding laundry or doing dishes, I will finally get through them all. Martin and Cecilia have caught the bug now too. Matthew says I am like Mrs. Weasley. Well they are like the Weasley boys.....we got rid of the chickens and I don't have time to knit anymore but do occasionally drool at a sweater pattern.
Anyway, everyone is working hard for the most part on the old homework thing and I need to exercise my accountability muscle even more than before. I am going to simplify some areas with one kid and ride herd on another to just keep at it, and two others are homework maniacs and then.........one is cute. Two others are cute too and one of them might be learning as much as the oldest cute kid.
Sigh. My brain is going constantly on how best to serve this crowd. I neglect my friends and family although some call occasionally and I see a few here and there. That is always special. I go biking almost every day so I can process all I need to get done and figure out how best to do it without losing my mind. I try to keep all this school stuff in perspective and really do appreciate the benefits homeschooling affords. Phew. I know Anna made it through with me and is doing quite well at IU so I will hold onto that. It will all work out in the end. Sometimes I wish I had a teacher's aid to help with the grading and then a cook would be helpful too. One can dream...............
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Keeping the brain going on how best to serve the crowd. Amen to that, sister! Sometimes I worry about the lazing in bed so late (7:30) but that is often my think-it-through time. When I get up and tackle the day right off the bat, I'm so often at a loss as to what needs to be done and who needs what attention. (And it should be easier now that I'm down to only two. Unfortunately my body and my mind have slowed as the workload as decreased. Bummers -- that wasn't supposed to happen!)
Well, even if there are not as many at home Susan, that doesn't mean we don't think about those who are away from home. I suppose you are involved in other things outside the home too. Sigh. Yes, sleeping in to 7:30. :o) I panic a little at 7:15 but I know what you mean. The older kids, I think, are harder than the younger ones. They have so much to consider........
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