As we are at the end of our last week of vacation we're running into a bit of the above attitude. Hopefully I'll snap out of it by Monday morning. Honestly, Z has been great. He enjoyed an out-of-town work trip with dad and is prepared to start school.
This starts our seventh year of homeschooling and part of my hesitation is that I have the illusion of perfection in my head. I like the way I've scheduled classes, the vision in my head of Z sitting perfectly still to absorb the knowledge I will bestow on him this year. STOP SNICKERING!!! I KNOW it won't happen that way, I know.
Reality sits at our feet and sometimes on the table. We have a cat and a dog to add to our distractions. We have nature outside the door that pulls us away from time-to-time. We have that dreaded H word (hormones) that will show up at some unknown moment. It will make me crave chocolate as I might yell at Z. Z might fall asleep in class or eat all day as his body decides now is a great time for a growth spurt.
The reality also is that we will learn this year. I say "we" because I mean me too. Not like the "we" when your husband would announce "we are pregnant" (which I am NOT) and you'd wonder (with a touch of hostility) if there was some new medical technology that would allow him to experience back pain, swollen feet, and the need to pee every five minutes. Z and I will learn about each other this year. Z will learn academics and I am excited about how everything ties in together this year.
I am excited that there are some unknowns out there in our future. For now I have two more days to stamp my feet and cry out that I don't want to do school. Then Monday morning 10 a.m. we will start on our journey. I'll sit in the big comfy chair and start reading a book to Z. Read-aloud time is always our first subject. Then our adventure will begin, with the opening of a book, as many adventures do.
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