February 27, 2013

• Counting Down

  Well, I survived another Wednesday, and now there are only 5 more to go! And six weeks from today, Lina will be here! Can’t tell you how thrilled I am about that. Given the fact that I am getting sick, and given the fact that I am exhausted, I thought it was pretty amazing that I made it to co-op classes and didn’t forget anything more important than my flashcards. We even remembered the brownies for the bake sale!

  We were in West Africa today, and there were a whole lot of countries to cover in very little time. It’s also very gratifying to see how much more engaged my students are now as compared to the beginning of the school year.

  Thanks to Lina, Jasper had a couple of disgusting photos to show his classmates today. They were studying ants, bees, and termites in science class, and I remembered that Lina had once sent us photos of an enormous termite queen that had been dug up near the school in Zambia. I could not find the photos anymore, but I asked Lina about them and she was able to find them and resend them so I could print them for Jasper to take to class! 

  I had promised the kids that today we would finally join the stampede over to Chick Fil-A after classes. This is where many of the families go every week, and my kids feel very deprived that we don’t ever do it. They have gotten to go with friends on a few occasions, but I have never taken them before today, because I hate spending money on lunch when we have food at home, and because I am always so eager to get home and collapse.

  I think they all had a great time, though I think they were also surprised to discover what an outsider I am in our homeschool group now. I ate alone and then walked over to Walmart to pick up a few things, including some more Zicam because that’s the only thing I’ve ever tried that has worked for me when I have a cold.

  By the time we got home, I could think of nothing but lying down, even though I knew I was going to have to go back out to do some banking for Flynn. I had a brief rest before running my errand and then had another rest later before plunging right back into preparing for next week’s Geography class. We are hoping to spend the weekend in Dallas so I really need to lick this cold and get as much prep work done as I can before we leave.

  Oh, and the van has some more issues. Hope we can get them resolved before we leave . . . 

  • 11:20 pm
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