I gave up on blogging during our school year because I just
didn't have time, but I have renewed my commitment, at least for the summer
months. What should I write about? Give
me a list. :-)
The girls went to our friends' house after church yesterday,
stayed the night, and are playing there today until their game this evening. I
spent the day yesterday hanging out with my boys, and today I am home alone
with Zachary!
It has been balm to
my soul. Sometimes you don't realize the weight of parenting until you encounter
a reprieve. This time, that was not the case. I know I am tired and run-down.
We had a lovely vacation the first week of February, but from that point until
Memorial Day, Richard had not had a non-weekend day off. The girls went straight
from school-year activities, into softball, making me wonder how we ever fit
Richard's studies into the mix. (His semesters are divided into two 8-week
terms, so he took the second half the last term off. Our family needed that to
happen. He needs 16 hours to graduate, but may take masters' classes as well in
order to get a jump on it while he still has G.I. Bill money to pay for it. So,
it looks like we have one full-time school year left, starting in August.
Please pray for us)! Gigi has never known her daddy not in school, and I am
guessing Riley and Evelyn barely remember. I am not ready for August yet, so my
goal is to find some needed rest this summer. Hopefully, the glimmer of light
at the end of the tunnel will add strength to my endurance.
Camp is next week, so I feel slightly guilty for indulging
in journaling during Zachary's nap on a day I have only one child, but alas, it
feels good. Once camp is over, softball will trail behind, and we'll have an
entire 8-ish weeks to just have fun! We
do have some summer-school goals, but nothing overwhelming. I will blog more
about home-schooling, but I will just say here that in these early years, at
least, I have decided we will school year-round. It lightens the load of the
school-year, but also carries one of my educational philosophies into practice:
Education is not a chore, but a way of life.
Signing-off, for now.
