First Day of Not Back to School

First blog! Well, I started a blog September of 2006, but that only lasted a day or two. So here we go again. Today is the first day of a new school year again! It's also PMS week and I'm feeling the stress of what needs to be done....my business and the files I'm behind in, starting homeschooling, finanical worries, a funeral to go to, hockey camps that Bob is organizing and scheduling conflicts.....needless to say I did not get a lot of sleep. My buzzer went off at 5:00 am, and I layed there for a half hour. Got up at 5:30 am, got dressed and was at Esso for 6:05 am. Bill was working in the front. Shortage of staff again.
After finishing payroll I left at 7:30 am and drove into the city to my computer client's place.
Wow, traffic was horrendous. First day of school! I missed my turnoff and had to make extra miles. Spent only 15 minutes at my client's and headed back home. Was home at 8:30 am. Michael was up, and Nicholas slept in until about 9:30 am. He started off with his usual grouchiness. I was patient with him and his mood turned around fairly quickly.

We accomplished quite a bit of work fairly early in the morning. I started a new book called "Painless Vocabulary". THey learned about 5 new words to add to their vocabulary.....extraordinary, ardent, procure, scrutinize, and regale. Then from a selection of words, they chose synonyms to match the word.

After that, we did a lesson on "Oral Language Exercises". We discussed when to use the word well/good - bad/badly. I think they have a good understanding of that. Nicholas has a good understanding of what is being described.

As the good mood continued, I read Chapter 17 of Story of the World -Ancient Times. We read about how the Babylonians took over Assyria around 604-561 BC. They narrated back to me what we read while I typed it out. They have such good comprehension and remember small details. I reserved a bunch of books from the library on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World since we learned about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. And we stopped there for lunch. The day was a good one.