Yep, its that time again. Time to get back to work, to get back to the daily grind. The rush of the ballet performance season is behind us. The holiday season is coming to a blessed end very soon. In the midst of it all I had two wisdom teeth extracted, which is something I would suggest you not do the week before Christmas, but then again having an infected wisdom tooth two weeks before Christmas isn't any fun either. So, it was inevitable, as were the lingering side effects and problems to fight through.
Today is the first day in a number of weeks that we've gotten back to a nearly full day of schoolwork. It was driving me nuts,not being in a daily routine--not feeling like the day had accomplished anything lately. I finally looked at some of the kids' workbooks that they've been doing while I've only been half-involved in their educations and fully involved in everything else. Oh my. Its bad. I almost wonder if they were doing such a sloppy job because they knew I was only going to spot-check things, or because they truly were making such silly mistakes. Today, my kids learned that they will be repeating the material in which they aren't showing mastery. They think this is an awful fate, and I would be a terrible person to make them relearn the boring stuff. I do too, but I want them to learn the material, not just skate along in life.
