April 29th Wed.

This morning I noticed how much we get accomplished before the actual school day officially starts. This epiphany occurred at 9am when we passed Geneseo Central School and saw the buses disembarking. By 9am, when we passed, Connor had already completed his Math for the day, attended Mass (more on this below), read four chapters in Tom Sawyer, and we did the workout of the day at crossfit. We used to spend our morning "getting ready for school." Now we live school. Mass today was especially interesting. Today was the celebration of St. Catherine of Sienna. Father Ed spoke most eloquently about St. Catherine, and her protests against the Catholic church. The only reason she wasn't burned at the stake as a heretic is because she essentially starved herself (an anorexic, as Father Ed explained) and she lived on only communion bread. People back then thought she must be holy if she can survive on only the host. Consequently, she was a big reformer of the church during the time when the church was at its most corrupt. After Mass and working out, Connor spent hours learning the new Chinese phrases. Then he practiced guitar, and created a map using a graph and plotting the points to outline the world. He is tired of Sheppard software and devised this other way of visualizing the countries and states. Guitar lessons followed, and then Connor read more of Tom Sawyer. He is almost done with the book, and he just started it yesterday!