Sep. 14, 2005
Oops. I haven't written in over a week
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My how
time goes quickly. I just realized that I haven't written
anything in over a week. Let's see what I've missed. Dh is not only working more than full-time hours (Navy - his command has minimum 48 hr work weeks), he's taking Calculus I and College Chemistry II M-Th in the evenings. We don't get to see too much of him lately. This weekend was his long weekend, so he was home more, which was a nice change. Yesterday, afternoon (swing/2nd) shift started and he took T and Th as leave days because of school, but he has to miss class tonight. So he's been around in the mornings this week. Yesterday, he and the kids let me sleep and while he did homework, the kids surprised both of us and did most of their schoolwork alone. I was surprised at what time it was when I woke up and amazed that almost all of school was done - w/no teacher LOL. Today, we're doing our weekly library trip and I have already decided ahead of time that this shall be a "video-less" visit. The last two times, the kids have gotten videos. Nothing bad, but they feel under pressure to watch them as many times as possible before we have to bring them back the next week. Yeah, that's it - pressured. ROTFL. While I'm delighted in my own right that there are "Ramona" videos that are almost 100% true to the stories in the books, how many times do we need to see a 27 min. video? And Peter Pan? Somebody save me. Last week, it was Old Yeller that I gratefully returned. This week, it's Peter Pan who can leave and never come back, as far as I'm concerned  .Today, Nikol and I worked on alphabet things and a little bit of writing. I was bowled over that he actually did it. First, we practiced writing his name. Not the whole thing, just N-i-k, but it's a start. Then we took his wooden alphabet train puzzle and worked on finding those letters a few times. He had a great time and even told dh how to spell his name "N-I-K.'' In case you weren't aware, N-I-K spells "Nikolas Traven Norenberg." He drew me a picture of something that is not an object of this world, but it's colored beautifully with markers and what a stunning variety of colors he used. He told me he was making me something and it was going to be "very bee-ootiful." 
My sweet boy. So we worked on "schooly" things for about 10-15
minutes before he was off again. That's fine with me, since it's
a start and Rome wasn't built in a day. Tonight, we're also going to try the Mission Friends programs at church. There's a preschool one for Nikol, a girls' Gr 1-5 for dd and a boys' Gr. 1-5 for ds1. I'm kind of excited for them and for me, too. I need to get out more than I do. It's hard to go everywhere with the kids by myself all of the time, but never to a place where I can really try to find friends. I really feel very lonely IRL rather often. I've lived here for almost 3 years and I've had the starts of several friendships, but never anything that has either continued or blossomed. I do have one person I'd consider a good friend here, but we talk about every 3 months LOL. We both apologize for not calling sooner, etc. She's also a homeschool mom with kids the exact same ages as mine. Her 3rd is even named Nicholas ;-). But seriously, I could use a little bit more moral support IRL. My two best friends live in IL and MN. Both the best friends you could ever hope for *and* they both homeschool. But they're not exactly around the corner. I'm very interested in joining the women's Bible study group starting at the end of this month (I LOVE Beth Moore and I've been waiting to see what the Patriarchs study will be like!), but I need to find out if the provided childcare will accept my 8.5yo and almost 7yo. I don't know if they were thinking of those kinds of age groups. It's one morning a week from 9:30-11:30 and dh is only on 2nd shift once every 5 weeks. So I obviously would need childcare. I also need to somehow figure out more babysitting arrangements in general. I used to have a couple of babysitters, but one moved away and the other went to college. I think I should just suck up the increased cost of my local support group and join again, even though I did virtually nothing with/through them last year. There are a couple of moms of teenagers in my local group and I know I'd feel comfortable with their kids as sitters. OK, off to go rest my head for a few minutes before we take off for the library. I have been getting one book a week for myself. Last week's book, which I'm almost done with, was "Ina Mae's Guide to Childbirth." I like these midwifery and homebirth books too much, I think LOL. Hopefully someday soon, I'll be able to actually USE all this accumulated knowledge  . |
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