Hectic Homeschooling

Wow! We have been BUSY! As I posted last time, we had 3 very good days of school after Christmas break, and then my father in law died. My husband's uncle also died, so we had 2 back to back funerals, tons of out of state family in town, and tons of running around to do. I managed to have the girls do one or two subjects a day last week, but definitely NOT full school days. We were finally able to manage to get to the grocery store this Monday, and we got back to school Tuesday.

However, my bathtub faucet has been leaking. For months. But by last week it was running constantly, almost full force. The hot water, which caused my bathroom to be steamy, water to literally be condensing on the ceiling, and me having to squeegie off my ceiling twice a day when it bagan to drip on us. For real. Last week, tiny little spots of MOLD began appearing on my ceiling and walls in the bathroom. Leaking faucets and high water bills are one thing. Mold is another. The appearance of the mold motivated me to finally call a plumber. He spent almost 2 hours here Tuesday, and came back to finish for another hour Wednesday, and for the first time in months we have faucets that actually shut the water OFF when we turn them. How novel! I'm not sure how to get the little mold spots off my ceiling, though. I have 9 foot ceilings, and the squeegie just doesn't scrub mold. Any one reading this have any ideas?

Also on Tuesday April called to tell me she is moving. Her husband was laid off a few weeks ago, and there aren't many jobs to be had around here. He found a job, but it's an hour away. They also found a trailer to rent, much cheaper than their current apartment, and much closer to his new job. They are moving this weekend! While it's not as bad as when she lived in Wyoming, I was quite shocked, and sad, because I wasn't expecting this. She knew how busy I was all last week with the funerals, and didn't want to bother me, so she didn't tell me until it was a sure thing. So I have 2 more days to adjust to the fact my daughter, son in law, and new grandson won't be living in the same town anymore. They won't be just dropping by anymore, and we won't be able to just run over there when she needs us anymore.

The girls and I DID manage to get a really good school day in Tuesday, and a sort of good one in yesterday. Yesterday we got all the subjects done, but not well, with interuptions from April and her family stopping by in the morning for an hour, and the plumber at 1 for another hour.

Colleen has gotten a good start into her new algebra, geography, government, and we just this week began "Windows to the World" literature. I'll try to post about these soon. Emily has been having difficulty with math for the first time ever the past few weeks, but we have made it through this difficult chapter on double digit long division, and she has a chapter review today, and test tomorrow. She has also begun some new subjects for 5th grade, and is doing exceedingly well with them. Again, I'll try to get around to a good school-only update in the very near future.

Hopefully, things can get back to normal around here, and we can get some good, quality, school time in for awhile. And I hope everyone else's back to schooling is going much smoother than ours.