This will be another busy week, but it wasn't intended to be that way. Really, it wasn't! Things just came up. Things that shouldn't wait for a less busy week. The first was an appointment for Amber at the orthodontist. They only had morning appointments available for the consultation. Even had she been in parochial school still we would have taken it. So, I decided since we homeschool we would just work around it. But in all honesty, I'm not sure we can. Amber is accustomed to being done with school around 2:30, 3:00 at the latest. Parochial school hours are still so ingrained in her that she can't imagine doing school after that time.
I'd love to say we will take that 10:00 am appointment and simply shift school hours to later in the day, knowing that all will turn out well. Instead, I took the 10 am appointment and worried how we would get it all done. Amber has dance on Tuesday evenings, so going too far into the late afternoon makes it a long day for her. Amber and I worked together on her schedule for the day, planning what work could be easily done before leaving and what needed to wait for the afternoon. We didn't drop any subjects that were planned for the day, though we did shorten the Reading lesson a little bit. I also did not make her practice piano, which may have been a mistake as a precedence for future busy days.
It was up to 96 degrees here |
Slightly above room temperature |
Only room temperature. |
She did soldier on and finish everything in the afternoon, with even a little time to watch some "baby Amber" videos that she has been begging to watch for a week. There was a specific Halloween she wanted to watch, so I put it all together when school was done so that she had something fun for the day. She really was a good trooper at the orthodontist. I remember this time from my own childhood and it wasn't pleasant being poked, slimed and nauseated at the orthodontist.
While I'm sure we still could have done things a little better, I think we are learning how to get through school work (and learn something) on busy days and still have time to relax and enjoy life.
Now to just make it through the 2 appointments tomorrow and the 1 appointment on Friday. I don't foresee a lot of learning happening between the appointments tomorrow. I might have to declare tomorrow and official half-day of school.
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