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I know, I know... homeschooling and Brazilian waxing are not exactly terms that you would find sitting side-by-side in a thesaurus, and please pardon the comparison. And yet, that is EXACTLY the comparison I am about to use. Because as I thought about it, the reactions to the announcement that I was homeschooling my 6th grader were AWFULLY similar to when I said I got my 1st Brazilian wax:
"OMG! I could NEVER do that. Been wondering what it's like for YEARS but NO...I am not brave enough!"
"I love, love, love, love, loooooooooooove it!!!!"
"Rookie. Snort! It can definitely be awful and hard at the beginning. You'll get used to it the longer you do it and then you'll wonder how you ever did it any other way!"
"I did it for awhile but it was just NOT for me"
"Y'all are INSANE to even TRY it!"
"#*@&(!&@*#@!!!!!!!!!"
Just like I have had homeschooling squeaking around in my head for a long time, I had wondered for YEARS about that mythical, mysterious thing that was known as a "Brazilian Wax." (And yes, I always thought about it in quotation marks as well.)
And one day, I just jumped in with both feet and DID it.
And HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THAT IS FREAKING HOLY did it HURT.
But...
WOW.
I LURVED THE RESULTS.
And in many ways my situation ended up being quite a bit the same: I just jumped into the deep end of the pool feet first.
And the day was long, painful and tear-inducing.
And yet?
I also REALLY think I am going to love the results.
Our first day was really, really tough.
You have to keep in mind that we firmly decided to homeschool LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. On Saturday afternoon the room we are using to homeschool looked like THIS:
Today, when I started homeschooling Christopher?
It looked like THIS:
NOTE: I do NOT recommend this to everyone. Please read this for my first installment on our decision to homeschool, and you will understand the advantages that we have like having a full curriculum hand-picked by someone I trust that we are able to borrow and like having a HUGE support system.
We did not get the bright and early start I had hoped for. For one, Christopher's computer wasn't quite done. For another, as I had been up until about 4 am getting his curriculum sorted and the week planned out and materials reviewed and polishing the content for the blog (Amuse Bouche: A perfect taste from Where Women Cook), my work was supposed to launch today for the magazine launching in December (We ended up not launching-it has a couple of issues).
I woke up feeling like I had been thrown off of a moving train. Then run over by a tractor. Then peed on by the guy driving the tractor.
I was stressed, exhausted and had the headache from hell.
And it seemed like the day just went down hill in many ways from there.
Here's a brief run down:
8:15 -- Wake up (late) to discover that James missed the bus and is still at home. And his school starts at 8:20. Luckily, my mom comes over to see the room, and I can grab a quick shower since I don't have to pack up Butterlump and take him with us. Breakfast, makeup and fabulous hair are a luxury I do not have today.
9:20 -- FINALLY deposit James at school after an emergency stop at the gas station to fill up with gas before we run out of fuel and end up having to hitchhike on the side of the road.
10:00 -- Come home with a new baby gate, whiteboard and dry erase markers. Since aforementioned late-for-school son broke the existing one tripping over it in his rush to find his backpack and drew an illustration venting his frustration at his brother (and labeling him a "goober head") on the existing white board with a Sharpie. Discover that Jonathan is setting up Christopher's computer and teaching him how to use a tone generator and induction amplifier. I sit down to stare at the computer screen to do more editing on the content of Amuse Bouche for work.
11:00 --Butterlump fed, bathed and in bed for his nap and Christopher still working with Jonathan, I decide
