Monday May 4

Because Connor had a long night Sunday night, we didn't go to church Monday morning. He wanted to go to pray for healing, but I convinced him sleeping late would help the healing. Having one finger out of commission has affected our plan for this week. I had to cancel Connor's guitar lesson, two appointments with the crossfit trainer, and the horseback riding lesson. We are also finding that it is difficult for Connor to type without the use of his left hand. After studying Chinese, Math, vocabulary and geography in the morning, I had to take Connor for a tetanus shot. This too shall pass. We took the dog to the vet and found out that she is NOT having puppies. It is a hysterical pregnancy. We are disappointed, but relieved too because she is only one year old. A stop at the bank was instructional today. Connor has a savings account, and before I home-schooled I would do all the banking for him. Now, I take him to the bank, have him fill out the forms and present himself to the teller. The teller asked about Connor's injury, and that led to a conversation. Within five minutes, the teller is impressed with something Connor said (I think he told her he is withdrawing money to buy a Latin Bible) and she compliments his intelligence. That leads to Connor explaining that he's home-schooled. A few months ago we were like thieves in the night, hiding our little project from the public for fear of ridicule. Now, every chance he gets, Connor brags to people that he's home-schooled. Inevitably, he gets to tell the curious person that home-schooling allows him opportunities to do "cool stuff" the other kids never get to do. Although Connor got bored when we spent an hour printing and editing photos on the Kodak machine today. He is an expert at photoshop now though.