Yesterday

I had the nicest day yesterday! 

To back up a few days, I lost my voice this week.  It was scratchy on Tuesday, croaky on Wednesday (especially after teaching six cello students), and I woke up Thursday and could hardly say anything.  I was annoyed because I had a stack of books I had wanted to read aloud for school that day.  I really wanted to finish up our middle ages-castles-kinghts-crusades study by Thanksgiving and not being able to talk much was really going to hamper that. 

So I was a little grumpy, I don’t handle change well, but finally decided we’ll just have to keep going into December.  There’s just too much I want to do still with this particular area of study.  And maybe we can spend a little more time talking about Thanksgiving next week, especially since we’re doing Cranberry Thanksgiving as our FIAR book this week and next and we’ve only actually read it…once.  So I’ll save my weekly report for Tuesday (which is almost when it gets written anyway.)

Now my history plans are really messed up since we’re already several chapters behind my schedule anyway and looking ahead into spring, there are still so many topics to cover.  There are more chapters than weeks.  So sometime in the next week or two, I need to sit down with my eraser and figure out how to make everything fit.  I know the beauty of homeschooling is being able to set our own pace, but I also know myself and know that if we just meander along, I’ll procrastinate and never ever finish the book.  I have to stick to some sort of schedule. 

Anyway, Thursday afternoon we spent several hours at Sonja’s house, for the first time since she has moved closer to us, and I used up what little was left of my voice chatting with her about homeschool and church and moving and children and things that husbands, or males in general just don’t get.  It was really fun.  I’m not sure why I even went when I couldn’t talk much, but we had it planned and I really wanted to see her.   I’ve always considered DH my best friend (which he is) but it’s nice to get together with other women from time to time.  I don’t do that nearly often enough, with a household of boys and not having sisters to hang out with.

So that brings us to yesterday.  DH got home really really late Thursday night, but called me earlier in the evening and after hearing me talk, told me to set out things he could do with the boys for school yesterday and he’d let me sleep in and rest as long as I needed to.  And really let me sleep in, shutting the doors and keeping the boys in the front of the house.  Sometimes he technically lets me sleep in, letting me sleep but doing nothing to prevent the boys from waking me up.  So that was nice.  In fact, I can’t remember the last time I really got to do that.  It was a simple thing, but it meant a lot to me. 

They followed my list and did math, reading, Explode the code, piano, letter M books, grammar, and folded the piled up laundry all before I finally made an appearance around 10:45.  My mother actually called me at 10:20 just as I was beginning to come into consciousness.  We watched our Latin dvd lesson together, I helped A with writing, and DH read some stories from the Crusades to everyone.  It was lovely not having to talk, but seeing the boys get a good day of schoolwork in. 

After lunch, DH and C went shopping for birthday presents for the other two.  I actually practiced (I’m really glad I’m not a singer) while A and D played together.  It was a nice, quiet, relaxing afternoon.  It was so nice!  We all watched Wall-E when DH came back and laughed so hard at the new short about Burn-E included on the dvd.  I haven’t laughed like that in days!  I worked on some knitting projects, and after the boys went to bed, DH and I watched El Cid together.  It was wonderful.  It was a wonderful day, no earth-shattering events, just a quiet day at home with my family.  But I feel rested.  I feel relaxed.  I feel rejuvenated. 

Plus I can almost talk today!