Seven Quick Takes: October 16

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Last day of the quarter for the teens.  They have both done fine, as far as I can tell.  Some room for improvement on their study skills, but overall, I'm pleased if I'm reading the grades right.  The report cards come out next week, and we'll see what the teachers say the grades are, and go from there.  One thing I can tell for sure - they both need to study more for the basic tests (vocab, spelling, etc.).  No big problems, but those should pretty much be "gimme" points for both of them.  (as in Give me the points!  Basic memorization skills, and they are both good at that, so it should be "gimme" points. - but to memorize, you HAVE to study.)

Mac noticed how the little points do affect your grade.  He had a B on a test, but with the little points from this and that, he should get an A in that class.  It ALL counts.

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I kissed Mac goodbye this morning.  If all goes as I hope, I will be asleep when he gets home from the game tonight.  I'm hoping to go with him tomorrow to his CC meet, but to do that, I need good sleep to be able to drive to... um, I'd better look up where we're going to.  Sadly, I don't remember just now!

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Nina sadly informed us that there are days where she barely sees Mac.  He leaves the house at 6:20, and she doesn't wake up until 6:30.  I didn't point out that she could get up earlier... that would have been cruel.  She doesn't get home until 5:30 most days, because of soccer practice.  On Wednesdays, they don't see each other at all until bedtime!  

K and I think it would be a great idea to have a family night this weekend.  The kids need to spend some "quality time" together.

I wish we could homeschool again whenever this situation arises.  And just 2 3/4 years from now, Mac will go to college.  I don't think I'm ready for the changes that will occur then.  I won't have an empty nest for a very long time (if ever), but having my current teens leave?  That will definitely make the house feel very empty.

Not going to think about it now.  It will happen and it will be okay, because it will just be the way things are.  If it were to happen tomorrow, I'd cry my eyes out.  Then?  I hope it will seem more natural.

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I subbed for the first time.  It went very well, I think.  So far, that's one call per week.  I think it will take a while to get calls, then it will take a while to be someone that the schools know and eventually they will call me sooner.  I just hope that it happens soon enough that I won't have to find a different job first.

I'm running out of places to cut in the budget.  I keep hearing that the recession is over... but I don't think that the recovery has really come to us.  Wall Street may be recovering, but that doesn't provide more funds to my family in the least.

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I'm cold.  So it's 55 degrees here.  I know that's warm a lot of places, but after 75 and above?  It's cold.  

Perhaps I need to dig out the sweaters soon.

Or maybe not.

No, it doesn't get all that cold here very early.  

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K says that I can go visit my parents for a weekend.  Of course, there is just the matter of figuring out the money to go, and then writing down the complete schedule for the weekend I choose so that the kids make it to whatever they want to go to.  Oh, and he's going camping with Scouts a couple of those weekends.  Which means that finding a weekend to go?  Nearly impossible.  But I will make this happen.  Somehow.  If I can.  If God helps.  And He CAN.  So that's all there is to this paragraph.  

-7-

R has started "reading" himself books.  Turning the pages and saying... Cat.  Dog.  EYE, Dog.  Noe (Nose).  Or if it's The Little Engine That Could (a current favorite), he'll say "No, NO, NO!!!" if it's an engine that can't help.  

We're enjoying it.

And working harder to get him what he needs.  He CAN make progress.  And with God's help, we'll keep helping him do that.

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Comments

[angie]

yes football game tonight here as well it is the senior night and my son is a senior football player