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I woke up around 6:30 am this morning but didn't roll out of bed until 7am. I am so not a morning person. Chantelle was up and getting the trash together to take out to the street. 

Last friday I had received a message from the school that Chantelle would have been attending saying that school had started and that Chantelle had not shown up yet. (Well no kidding. I had notified the Superintendent of our intentions to homeschool our children this year a month ago. It's Mass. law to get an approval to homeschool. I have not herd anything from the Super. and seeing how I have started educating my kids at home already, it's up to the Super to approve or disapprove our education plan.)

So at 8am this morning, I returned the call. The person who left me the message is the schools guidance councelor. The lady asked if Chantelle was going to a private school and if I had signed a release form. I told her that we are homeschooling. She said "ooohhh your homeschooling" with kind of an attitude. I explained that I notified the Super as per the law and that I had not herd from him since. She told me that without an approval, I have to send Chantelle to school. (No I don't) I ignored her and asked what I have to do to get her unenrolled for good. She told me that she has to talk to the super and I gave her my name and number.

Anyway it is now 1:30 pm and I have not herd from her yet. She could have called, but if the caller ID doesn't tell me who is calling I don't answer. Also if I am in the middle of a lesson, I won't answer a call either.

Other than that, nothing exciting has happened. Chantelle went through all her studies with no complaints, other than groaning when I asked for a narration of her history reading. I think she complained just because it's something new to her. Matt did a math lesson and some "copy work" (he's working on his letters and name). He will finish up his lessons latter in the day. He does better in the evening than during the day. More than likely it's because he is so active during the day and when he winds down at night he can sit and listen to his story. Today we are reading "The Story About Ping". He follows Five In A Row, and this is the first story in the first volume. We also happened to have it at home, so we started with this one.