Sep. 11, 2007 - Back To School?
After today, we will have completed one full week of school in our normal fall through spring routine. it was a little bumpy, to say the least. Normally, we start a few weeks earlier and just do more reading than we do in summer and start our math curriculum. This year we put off starting to finish up those couple of household projects that never seemed to get off the "to do" list. Great! We got those done! But then our back to school week was full routine and also "back to co-op", "back to bowling", and "back to Sunday school/ regular church hours". It was a true test of adjustment, even for me.
I figured yesterday would actually be our first smooth day, that we'd have gotten settled in a bit more. I was confident it would go smooth and be one of those enjoyable days of living and learning that I love. Then I woke up late, never hearing my husband leave for work or my alarm, so there went my morning time for myself and to start house stuff. The neighbor then came and asked if we could drive her daughter to preschool at eleven. Fine. We'd still have a few hours uninterrupted once back home. We went for our walk around the pond, spent time reading, and then took the neighbor girl to school. We only got math in once back home and then my dad called (he can't drive anymore) and asked for me to run and get him some things from the store. So we headed out to do that and then back home once again. When we finished with most of the day's schoolwork, I figured I then had time to get dinner going and get caught up on what I hadn't done in the morning. Then my other neighbor showed up reminding me it was Bookmobile day. Oh my! I hadn't even gathered my daughter's books. I ran around frantically trying to find the library books within the piles of other books as she asked me questions about homeschooling. It was probably not a good time for that! In the back of my mind I was thinking "Just send your daughter to school, you'll be less weary!"
So here we are today. I'm refreshed, and I got up on time. I've had an hour of quiet time to reflect on what we did learn yesterday, despite interruptions, and because of them. I am thankful that most mornings I'm not harried searching for school papers and backpacks only to send my kids away for six hours where I can't watch them grow, or teach them life lessons, or enjoy nature and life with them.
My kids are now rising and getting on with what they know they should do every morning, and without arguing. Even my teens are moving (last week they still wanted to sleep most of the day). I am confident that today, whether it continues to go smoothly or if there are still some bumps in the road, I will have joy. I may get weary, but I won't remember it ten years from now. Selective memory will only allow me to look back see the good!
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Sep. 12, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by socalval
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Valerie
