Elena 
Next week is the last week of our homeschool co-op. It will be a bittersweet ending. I love that Rosie and Miss C. get to see their friends and appreciate the academic work they must do weekly. From Holy Week onward, all that will be up to me again. I am particularly interested in keeping Miss C. busy and engaged which will be a bit harder after next week.
But as a co-op teacher, I think I’m happier than the students that this is the end! People have innocently asked me, “What are you doing for Lent.” I’m teaching at a homeschool co-op. That’s what I’m doing for Lent. Just preparing an American History lecture every week is taking all of my free time from watching documentaries to reading books … I even have a Great Course on American History in my Audible, so that I can listen to it while I walk my dog! I’ll be happy to get all of that time back.
I have learned a lot myself though. Events and people that were just a little muddled in my mind are a lot clearer now. But that’s the beauty of homeschooling – learning or relearning things you didn’t get the first time.
I’ll soon have even more free time now. Rosie finally got her driver’s license. She can drive herself to track practice!!
Track at the local high school has become problematic for us this year. The new team abandoned the app they used last year and went with Google classrooms, which is great for students, but inaccessible to Rosie. That means that any important information about meets and practices is just going to her word- of mouth. I guess we’re just going to grit our teeth and hope to get through the last season of her senior year unscathed.
Overall, her running experience in high school has sucked. I’m hoping for better in college. I know that Noah and his wife had good experiences at Walsh and that makes me hopeful.
Sam and his wife are now in Miami, Florida and Sam already has a job offer. This is a sample of the type of cooking and presentation he is capable of now.
I will probably never cook for him again; I’d be too intimidated. The kid grew up on tater tot casserole and barbecue chicken. My goal back then was to keep the little people nourished and alive while I tried to keep house and work a business. It wasn’t exactly fancy food!!
Calvin and his wife are awaiting the arrival of their baby. Everyone in the family is so excited about it. My focus is on my dear daughter-in-law. I’m praying for a safe, gentle, and easy delivery. I want her delivery to be everything that my first delivery wasn’t. That’s what I’m praying for the most this Lent.
Rosie has her spring dance next week. I gave her my credit card and told her to pick out a dress. She called me from the store and said she had two. That was fine. I thought we’d just return the dress she didn’t wear. I figured I could carry a balance of $400 or so for this special night in her senior year.
As it turns out, she brought back two housedresses from Target and didn’t even pay $100! They’re nice dresses, but they’re not formal. The one looked like something Lucy Ricardo would have worn back in the day. Rosie took that as a compliment!!
My sister explained it to me this way. In her opinion, kids today are getting away from formal and impractical clothes and going with comfort. I don’t know if that is universally true, but it seems to be true for my child! Pictures to come after the dance next week.
And now we’re caught up!