School has pretty much consisted of math, spelling, read some history, write an outline and a paragraph, for weeks. And I intend to keep it that way until the last Friday of May. I am determined that Rome will fall by then.
Q has the understanding that the sooner he gets school work done, the sooner he has free time. M and N have yet to get that. They like to take their free time throughout the day. Not that I approve.
The problem with this is that Q has never been able to entertain himself. So he spends a few hours everyday distracting his brothers. Not that I approve.
Yesterday, in a monumental effort, M was able to get his school work done in about the same time as Q.
I ordered them outside. Where they proceeded to bicker and argue.
And now I remember that I said, last year, that I would never take the summer off again. Sadly, I have that big, long To Do list that I created with no school in mind. Besides, I think they will commit mutiny if I insist on doing more than math. I can work on being sneaky about learning. But that will take some planning. Sorry, I can't help myself.
I posted on FB yesterday that we had 10 days left of school. To which one of my friends replied. "I thought you LOVED your job?" I do love my job. Very, very much. But I also love free time. I also love peace and quiet.
I know! I'll go charge a laptop and figure out how to tether my iPhone to it and we'll spend all day every day at the pool.
I can dream.
And they will be gone for 1/3 of the summer. There is hope.
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