I was going to paint this week and start homeschooling next week.
But my parents-in-law, who wanted to take the oldest four kids for a week during the summer, but couldn't manage to do it when I expected them to, have no declared the intention of doing so next week.
Next week, when I have arranged for them NOT to start back to school with the rest of the community.
Okay, so that works, but I'm morally responsible to make sure there schooling isn't neglected, so…
… I started their interim homeschooling today, so that when they get back from Grandma's they will be one day behind, not a whole week.
I thought things went pretty well, actually. I'm exhausted, but I'm confident that can be more readily attributed to the fact that I spent most of the day ripping footboards and trim off the walls, and sanding and washing and taping, than to the homeschooling effort… and after I finish blogging, I will try to get a the first coat of paint up so that it can dry overnight. Boyd said that he will help me, despite the fact that his work is in chaaos, and that he didn't even get home until nearly eight o'clock. Joy and rapture.
But what the hey, I've been having insomnia problems anyway, might as well spend those wakeful hours painting as tossing and turning in bed. At least, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Confessions of a Creataholic
Officially Homeschooling
Whew! It's been quite a summer, and all my online activities (except downloading free Poser stuff) have been severely curtailed. Pretty much all my usual activities, actually, because I've been trying to prove myself competent to keep my own household together, and I pretty much have. So that means I went ahead and enrolled the kids in the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy. Only, because I had to prove I could keep the household together I enrolled late, and so there is a gap between school starting and their OHDELA enrollment, which I am filling by officially homeschooling.
The odds of things getting LESS hectic seem pretty slim.
Especially since this week I paint the living room and hall. We went out yesterday and bought the paint and everything.
Wish me luck!