It was a rough week emotionally. We had a messy occurrence when a family we'd been having trouble with abruptly decided to pull out of our Aquinas Learning Center. Since we are such a small group this had a very bad impact on the whole thing. Basically, Becky's 4th-6th grade class collapsed. The whole reason I got involved in this was for Becky, so she could do 'school' one day a week. She loved it. So big, huge bummer there all around. Really quite heartbreaking.
Monday - being so stressed out about what was coming down in re our Center, I played hooky from Latin class. I'd done all the homework and everything, but I just was way too tired (bad insomnia from stress) and I just needed a mental health day to slow down and do stuff at home. The weekend had been very busy and I just feel like I'm running, running, running constantly. So Monday was nice. I read aloud a lot to the younger kids, we did some math and Latin. I've started reading A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich to Sean and we are both enjoying it. It was nice to have a slow day. We even managed to clean bedrooms and tidy up the house a bit. I went grocery shopping while Becky was at her American Heritage Girls group in the afternoon. That was something that usually happens on the weekends but didn't because we were so busy.
Tuesday - Josh had Chemistry and x country, Becky had art. Gee, I can't really remember Tuesday other than that!
Wednesday - made it to Latin. Great class. Josh had CLC. Becky did not have band class which was wonderful! LOL!
Thursday - we went ahead and had our Aquinas Learning day as the K-3 classes are still good. I wound up being the preschool teacher the whole day. Did I mention the preschool leader (a teenage girl we hired) no longer can make it. Her parents want her to focus on her studies. Seems being gone all day Thursday was just taking too much time. Plus one of our mentors was sick! So it was a crazy day, but I think we pulled it off well. I left all three kids at home all day. I can't do that anymore. Sean was so bored and depressed by the end of the day. Josh slacked off. Only Becky seemed okay with it. I called home at one point and asked her what she was doing. She said she was writing a novel! She'd only got as far as the first paragraph though! She read it to me. It is about 4 kids; one of them is in a boarding school! She also was reading Life of Fred off and on all day. And she says when playing by the pond out back she saw a coyote! Scared her to death! We do have coyotes in this area, so, wow! Josh went to x country. And then about 8:30 p.m. Sean and I headed over to a local church that had the relics of St. Margaret Mary Alocoque visiting. We just went in, stood in line, prayed for about half a minute before the relics and then came home. Sean was so sad from being bored all day. He again is wondering if he should go to school.
Today is Friday - the weather has gotten much cooler. We are supposed to have tennis today, if the weather allows. Seano wants to do the Trunk or Treat with the parish youth group tonight. Josh was supposed to go to the postponed corn maize trip with the teen homeschool group, but instead he is going to stay home and try and get back on track with his precalculus class. He's falling behind. At this rate he'll be doing precalc for two years, like he did Algebra II! Yikes! The kid is a master procrastinator!
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