my looove life is booooring
C’mon, y’all sing it with me now!
*heh*
I’ve really got to get back in the habit of blogging regularly. I talk myself out of more than half my entries as nothing more than navel-gazing. The internal debate on whether to bring my archives over here rages on. On the one hand, having archives gives a certain amount of “blog-cred”. On the other, we have nearly four years worth of PPD hormonal babblings, outright tempertantrums, quiz memes, and all-around bad writing that I’m not in too much of a hurry to let other people read lest they pass judgement. People DO read the archives every once in a while, right?
Excuse me, I’ve got to refill my coffee cup….
…aaaaah sweet caffienated bliss. Now, where was I?
School is going well, all things considered. My Professors start at awesome and go up from there. The Financial Aid office gets a D- on time management skills (Last time I checked, the paperwork was supposed to be processed BEFORE drop/add ended). I’m still waiting on my Soc textbooks to get here – can somebody tell me WHY I didn’t spring for next-day shipping? Oh yeah. My financial aid isn’t here and I CAN’T AFFORD IT!!! Lesson learned – save a few hundred out of last semester’s financial aid to pay for the current semester. Guh.
On the kid front: Homeschooling is going about as well as you’d think it is. Alannah is zoomin’ right along (for a 13 year old *rolls eyes*). We can’t seem to get her over “word intimidation” when it comes to algebra. Meaning – she hears the word “algebra” and immediately says “IT’S TOO HARD!!!!” While I develop a work-around for this problem, I’ve got her learning how to budget her money and balance a checkbook. Better for her to learn money management now while the roof over her head doesn’t depend on it.
Daniel is resistant to “formal” classes (as expected). He’ll sit and listen while you read to him, and he’ll try to figure out the word by sounding out the letters, but he hasn’t made the connection on sound blends. He’s also resisting learning the math “tables”. Give him a word problem and he’ll give you the answer every time (even if it means counting on his fingers), but show him a flashcard and he runs away. The good news is – if you sit him down in front of the computer skills program, he has absolutely no problems with it. It’s the same with writing – he doesn’t like holding writing implements. Or rather, I haven’t hit upon the one he DOES like to hold yet.
Joe is moving right along as well. He likes playing the computer games and storytime, and he’ll color on anything and everything (given the opportunity).
Together, the boys fight like…brothers. *heh* They trade toys, computer time, the occasional thump in the head, and love. I’m so glad they have each other – they seem to balance each other out quite well.
And now, I have to go be parental.