Wednesday April 1st

Mass this morning was especially interesting. I think I'm going to list our daily Mass under the category World History, or maybe vocabulary. I won't go into detail, but Father Ed always gives the historical background of every reading, and today he spoke of the various translations of the Gospel and how the text changed over the years. After Mass, I dropped Connor off at his boat-building class. From what Connor said when I picked him up at 2p, it seems they sanded and used a router today. Guitar lessons followed boat-building, and reading and Chinese were completed enroute.

I'm coming to the conclusion that I have too much packed into a week. For instance, after church and a full day at Impact Homeschooling Academy, Connor attends Chinese class. That means we are gone from 7:30am until 5:30pm on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays, after church and boat-building, Connor attends a guitar lesson. We don't get home until almost 5p. I was trying to be efficient with our drive time when I coordinated these activities, but sheer exhaustion seems to be setting in lately. Fortunately, there are only two more boat-building classes, and only five more Impact HS classes. When these sessions are over, we will need a break from co-ops for awhile. We really want to just stay home and work on other things for the rest of the school year. We will still have Chess on Fridays until the end of June, horseback riding lessons and guitar lessons; I think that will be enough group work. When I set up the curriculum, I was worried about Connor having enough time with peers and me having enough time to myself. What I didn't expect is that we would crave a little less structure. Going to church everyday is sometimes the only outing we need. This weekend we are going to build a raised bed garden, and just getting outside at home will be a pleasure.