On a sidenote

I'm thinking about homeschooling - not now or even next year.  I'm just asking lots of questions.  If you have an opinion, share it!  For now, here are my thoughts (I may add to them as I think more about it):

PROS

1. Not having to report to the school if we want to go on a spontaneous vacation.
2. Waking up with the sun, instead of setting the alarm for dark:thirty.
3. Spending fewer hours sitting in a classroom and more time doing things and seeing the world.
4. Evenings can be more relaxed for play and family time, instead of doing homework.
5. A greater focus on creativity and expression.

CONS

1. Paying for our own curriculum.
2. Pulling the kids out of the norm.
3. Mommy has to do more work.
4. Less free time for Mommy (sans kids).

Yes, I think I'm slightly crazy, but does that really surprise anyone?

Long days and pajamas

I feel like a working mom this semester.  I'm regressing to pulling all-nighters like a college student who can make up for it by taking naps the next day.  Ha! Reading hundreds of pages, typing thousands of words, and spending hours away from home in a library or in a classroom...I just want to live in my pajamas and not have that nagging sensation that I'm losing my fashion-sense to comfort and practicality (afterall, I just bought a minivan=practicality).

It's a matter of survival, people.  I need sleep, so every other night I attempt a 7 hour stretch, but a mom's gotta snag those quite moments as they come.  And most of the time, the dark hours are my only chance.

It's only a season, I remind myself!  It's 3 more months of pushing forward and not quitting.  It's knowing the relief that will come when it's over.  It's completing something I started.

So forgive me for my appearance and for my mental inavailability.

On a peppier note, we celebrated my husband's 28th birthday last night.  I bought a way-too-large cookie cake for the party which my daughter had decorated with the words "Happy birthday, Daddy...King of the World!"  We have a lot of leftovers- Come on over and have a slice.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JASON!