I don't remember if I updated or not and I'm being lazy and not going back to re-read things. But, we got the school info on Saturday. Kristopher's first day is going to be on the 30th. He will go with 1/3rd of his class, then not go back again till the 2nd. Then, the 3rd is his birthday and he gets to celebrate in school! I'm still having major mixed feelings. I know it is for the best for him to go to school, but to me it feels wrong. School is a lot different since I went. Even elementary. But we're still going to try it.
He has started asking me what I'll do all day when he is gone. I'm not sure either. I'll still be babysitting, so that will break up the day a lot. But it will be so weird without him here. There are a few things I'd love to do to try to occupy the time. And I've even thought about quitting the babysitting and finding a job. But, I still want to be here whenever he needs me. I know there isn't many jobs that are going to tolerate call off's, kid issues, and what not with a new employee. And besides, I've gotten very attached to the kids, so giving up sitting will be hard to do too. So for now, I'm sticking with that. They definitely will keep me busy. The other 2 things I'm considering doing are more sewing projects and trying again at selling things. The other thing I'd love to try to figure out is selling some of my photos. I recently printed some for the new place and they look really great framed. I do not know where to begin with that though. Framed or just prints? What to charge? ect. It's complicated.
So, just a lot going on in my head this week as we prepare for the big day and our new "normal". It's scary, but I know we will adjust. But again....I don't wanna!!!!
I'd be so hesitant to pull him out because once he's on the home school track I don't think there is any going back. There are so many diverse and difficult topics to cover in high school that I don't really understand how the majority of home school parents do that adequately.
ReplyDeleteMy graduate prof (this guy is paid to teach) home schooled his kids... not good. His son... poor ACT scores, dropped out of college, minimum wage job. His daughter got her art degree and MRS and that's all that mattered to them. But I knew he probably wasn't doing that good of a job when he told me he taught them french as he was reading an academic paper published in french and saying that you could figure out what was written by looking at the nouns. I've had 5+ years of spanish and 1 year of french... he knew nothing of indirect and direct objects which makes a huge difference in comprehension of a language. I feel like he put his kids at a disadvantage.