it's early monday morning. i wanted to get a few lines in before i head out to exercise.
we got home from vacation yesterday. it was a fun, much needed trip, one where many memories were made. it was interesting taking two beach trips back to back like that, the first with my family and the second with Brian's. it really magnified the differences in our families. the most obvious is the size. my family is just so much larger, even though i have just one more sibling than Brian. when we all went to the beach, it was a party of 18 - my grandfather, my mom & stepdad, my siblings and i and our spouses, and all the kids, all ten and a half of them. with Brian's family it was his parents, his sister and her husband, and then us and our 4 and a half kids.
i'll post some pictures of the trip later.
i got in a lot of reading during all the hours of driving. i now have a good grasp on the political, social, and economic history of the US from the end of the Civil War through World War II. i also go a lot of sleeping in while we were at the beach house. i guess i needed it. i finally feel fully rested.
local schools start today, and last night i had a little panic attack realizing it's for real: my kids' education for this year is all in my hands. both Brian and i felt sadness at not being a part of things at Malpewood this year. we stayed up extra late last night and had a pep rally, talking through lots of things and in the end feeling better about our decision to homeschool this year.
well. it's time to lace up the ol' shoes and get out to exercise. happy monday, y'all!
Glad you had great vaca's girl! I had the same panic attack the night before starting w/ E--whew nelly! Felt so pressured that it was all on me! Us homeschoolers hafta band together w/ encouragement and support this year! also felt a shade sad when my good friend's son, who's E's age, came back from his 1st day of Christian school...but it's all good.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week! welcome bacK!