We’re plugging along, transitioning from spring to summer here in sultry Florida! Staying busy working and getting the kids through what they need to proceed to the 4th and 6th grades. Some news on that front: As far as I can tell, they’ll be going to a Montessori charter school next year. We found one that several of our friends go to or have gone to, and it seems like it would be a good fit for us. We have a meeting with the enrollment people in a couple of weeks; as of right now, I’m tentatively saying that it’s a pretty sure thing. (How’s that for firm decision-making?) Still evaluating all options at this point, but I think this might be the best one for our family.
What else? We’re starting to get ready for Isabel’s arrival in less than three months! I picked out a bedding set, and we’ll be picking it up soon. I remember being nervous before the other students have arrived, and it’s the same this time… for different reasons, though! I know that it will all be fine, but the anticipation is still nerve-wracking!
Umm… I guess that’s it. We’re really not up to too much right now, and I’m liking it that way. Have a great weekend, and if I’m not back to update, have a very Happy Mothers’ Day on Sunday!
Whoops, I forgot about this! Not about my goals (well, not all of them), but about writing an update. Let’s see…
Business: Busy! I took off part of April (and by “took off” I really mean that I cut down, but did not take off completely), but things are getting busy again. Whee!
Savings Toward Trip: It’s going! Not as much as I’d hoped for at this point, but I think we’re coming along nicely, and prospects are good.
Running/Weight Loss: Uh… ask me again next month?
Ebook: Nah, I’m too busy with other stuff right now.
Wild and Crazy: I got a tattoo! I know that it’s not a tattoo of anything wild and crazy, but it was a fun and meaningful experience, so it counts. Ha! I also switched from glasses to contact lenses, which is neither wild nor crazy, but for some reason I feel compelled to mention it. Such is life on the wild side.
It’s been a really long time since I’ve done this, but I need to get back to making a menu plan, so…. here is this week’s:
Monday: Kevin Pasta: linguine, olive oil, roasted peppers, prosciutto; salad.
Tuesday: Dinner with friends.
Wednesday: Pot roast with carrots, mashed potatoes.
Thursday: Tacos, rice, corn.
Friday: Whole chicken, stuffing, some type of veggie.
I’m still around; just haven’t had a lot to blog about, I guess. We’ve been staying at our normal level of busy-ness… it took a few days to get back to normal after Tomke left, and nothing extremely exciting has been going on.
Today I listened to a CD that T made last year, and heard this song:
Plain White T’s Sunlight
The kids like this song, and we listened to it often when we were driving home from their charter school last fall. There were good things and bad things about the whole school experience, and it’s funny how nostalgic the song makes me feel! While I don’t miss the bad things at all, I am really missing the good things lately… how much I enjoyed seeing them after a day spent apart, time to myself to work and do *whatever* all day… we’re currently evaluating and re-evaluating and thinking long and hard about next school year. We could continue to homeschool; J is old enough now to take some classes through Florida Virtual School, which would take a burden off of me. Some moms are brainstorming and trying to come up with a way to make our own very-exclusive “private” school of sorts. There is another charter school (progressive montessori) in the next county north of us… it’s about a 40-minute drive, but maybe it would be worth it. While I’m not completely ruling out public school as an option, I highly doubt it would work for us. There is also a Christian (private) school in the area that I’d like to check out… looking at the brochures, it looks somewhat progressive and child-led.
So, we’ll see… we have the rest of this year and the summer to finalize our plans, I guess. I’ll keep you posted!
T left yesterday. I hate flying-home days… I’m always so antsy and uncomfortable when someone I love is in the air, but I was happy to see both a text and an email assuring me that she got home safely. We’ll miss her for a while, but it was such a great visit! We did so much during her time here, and spent a lot of time just relaxing and talking. I mentioned this when H visited last year, but I’ll say it again that it’s such an incredible experience for it all to come full circle and have them back as adult(ish) visitors after their exchange years!
So today we’re back to normal… sort of! It’s R’s 9th birthday! She had her party on Sunday, and we’re headed out in a few minutes to buy some craft supplies, as she wants to “do some crafts” and play Monopoly. I have a lot of work to catch up on (yeah, I was pretty much on vacation while T was here!), and the kids have lots of schoolwork to do (but they can start that tomorrow, since we take off for birthdays).
Michelle