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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
not the kind of day homeschoolers brag about
This was one of those days. By that I mean, it's the kind of day which I think those few bitter individuals who think mothers can't teach their children and shouldn't try to do so would wish on me, if they had a little Rachel voodoo doll (let's not give them that idea, shall we?). It's Wednesday, which means chapter summaries. Ordinarily these go very smoothly. LT has become pretty good at them; the format's simple and anyone from a 5-year-old (C does one too) to a professional Bible scholar can get a lot out of it. Today, I think maybe because he got up early, but maybe because he decided subconsciously that this had to be a day to make Mommy alternate between doubting her calling as a mother, and fantasizing about running for the hills, arms flailing wildly, not looking back -- today he just DID NOT WANT to cooperate. So instead of going to Bible study with T and C tonight, we stayed home, and he went to bed after dinner. Apparently he's not TOO sleepy; he's in there reading. That's my boy.
I really hope tomorrow's better. Meanwhile I'm going to go drown my sorrows in a Jane Austen adaptation (P&P, the standby? Or should I branch out into the Kate Beckinsale version of Emma? Or maybe I'll just keep listening to Yahoo Launch's "Big Hits of the 80's" station -- when was the last time I heard a Heart song? Decisions, decisions...) and some crocheting.
