The Kid, My Family Tree And The Garden!
So I'm almost done enrolling my son into the homeschool program with K12. My parents - bless their hearts - say I'm making the biggest mistake. I said no -- been there and done that when I got married to ex #2:) They didn't find that very funny. I listened to them both a bit (two separate phone calls - one from each parent) on the concern of taking him away from other children, I'm not a teacher - yadda, yadda. I explained again how it all works and then politely told them both that while they are free to express their opinions - I'm free to ignore them. They both know that it really is fruitless to try to talk me out of something once I make up my mind.
And then the kid says something to me -- mom, I don't know if I want to be homeschooled.
HEAVY SIGH
Okay -- I tell him -- think about it, but you have only 24 hours to do so and get back to me.
Now mind you - this is a subject that he and I have discussed at length. Now all of a sudden he's thinking about it. What could have changed his mind? Two words: his father.
Well - it's not like I'm jumping up and down with joy at the thought of teaching the little rascal. Just like a spouse - he is well equipped and knowledgeable of knowing what buttons to push to piss me off:) But, my top goal is to make sure he can learn and adapt enough with his empathic gifts in a comfortable environment without getting stressed out to the max.
I finished putting in the rest of my garden on Sunday. Killed 3 peppers plants in the process. I grow the little guys from seeds, so I take offense when they die. But they suffered from transplant shock. Everyone else seemed to have made the transition okay. A couple are a bit droopy today - but not dead, so there's hope. Now while you're in the garden you feel fine - dirty & muddy - but fine. Two hours afterwards it hit me -- and my body is still hurting. I need a serious body massage:)
Did I ever tell you that on my mom's side of the family - her mom - they did a family tree. Traced my ancestry back to some civil war soldiers, American Indians, over to Europe - all the way back to Charlemagne. I kid you not. So on one side of my family tree I have Vlad the Impaler and on the other side "The Father of Europe". Here's a tid bit on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne Very - very interesting. Add to this my DNA ancestry - my soul past lives of Cleopatra, Atlantis and Joan of Arc -- and no wonder I hate to clean!
Tracey emailed me today. No word from the guys over the weekend. But she is having one of those kick you in the butt headaches. This usually means something is about to happen. So if Bill does not contact her today - she's going after him. I'll let you know what happens.
Turned in the latest of DREAMERS. We'll see.
That's about it for now. Usually when there's not much to report is right before there's a lot to report:)
Crystal Sunshine!
Allie :)
And then the kid says something to me -- mom, I don't know if I want to be homeschooled.
HEAVY SIGH
Okay -- I tell him -- think about it, but you have only 24 hours to do so and get back to me.
Now mind you - this is a subject that he and I have discussed at length. Now all of a sudden he's thinking about it. What could have changed his mind? Two words: his father.
Well - it's not like I'm jumping up and down with joy at the thought of teaching the little rascal. Just like a spouse - he is well equipped and knowledgeable of knowing what buttons to push to piss me off:) But, my top goal is to make sure he can learn and adapt enough with his empathic gifts in a comfortable environment without getting stressed out to the max.
I finished putting in the rest of my garden on Sunday. Killed 3 peppers plants in the process. I grow the little guys from seeds, so I take offense when they die. But they suffered from transplant shock. Everyone else seemed to have made the transition okay. A couple are a bit droopy today - but not dead, so there's hope. Now while you're in the garden you feel fine - dirty & muddy - but fine. Two hours afterwards it hit me -- and my body is still hurting. I need a serious body massage:)
Did I ever tell you that on my mom's side of the family - her mom - they did a family tree. Traced my ancestry back to some civil war soldiers, American Indians, over to Europe - all the way back to Charlemagne. I kid you not. So on one side of my family tree I have Vlad the Impaler and on the other side "The Father of Europe". Here's a tid bit on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne Very - very interesting. Add to this my DNA ancestry - my soul past lives of Cleopatra, Atlantis and Joan of Arc -- and no wonder I hate to clean!
Tracey emailed me today. No word from the guys over the weekend. But she is having one of those kick you in the butt headaches. This usually means something is about to happen. So if Bill does not contact her today - she's going after him. I'll let you know what happens.
Turned in the latest of DREAMERS. We'll see.
That's about it for now. Usually when there's not much to report is right before there's a lot to report:)
Crystal Sunshine!
Allie :)
Labels: Allie, Bill, Tracey, Writing
posted by Allie @ 2:43 PM
3 Comments:
At 8:24 PM,
Aunt Jackie said…
'dammit how fruitless!' :) hehe j/k. I just love to pop over and read cool dramatic story turns, and my hopes were dashed when nothing big had happened... I guess I am living vicariously through your cool events.
:-\ It's been a while since I have had any activity myself. Am I trying too hard or not trying hard enough? (sigh)
My day consisted of 'being urged' to write a blog entry about following intuition, and reading my "Daily OM" which turned out to be a great message for me today.
Go figure ;)
At 12:24 AM,
Samantha Vandefeller said…
That's interesting about the family tree. I wish I could figure out my family tree. Especially my dad's side of the family. My great grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee and I kind of have been wondering about the whole Cherokee tribe, mostly their spiritual beliefs and how they shaped metaphysics and what they were involved in in metaphysics. Meanwhile, on my mom's side, my great grandparents (my grandma's parents) were full blooded Czechoslovakian. I kind of wonder about their spiritual beliefs too.
I bet family trees are so interesting to research :)
I hope your son chooses what is best for him. Maybe he will ask his guide :) *Hugs*
At 8:18 AM,
Terra said…
Samantha...family trees are interesting and a huge headache. I've done a couple famlies but also hit road blocks with some too. It is a lot of infomation you get to go through without it being your family so you can figure out who isn't yours to start with which can lead to figuring out who is yours... and yep it really is like this. Also try searching through grave lists of names to see if any have yours and find out after 30 or more pages, nope and the ones you do need are in a whole another section of 30 pages.... headache and rewarding but not in the kid sort of way! :)
A :) I'm sure your son has cold feet. Talking about it and two seconds from doing it..are huge ball parks away. Can he switch back next year...say he totally hates it? Might at least get him to try it.
Oh and I'm mainly german and english. Everything else is a grab bag mix!
And talking about past lives... I had a guy tell me my Island of Crete I was from is tied to Atlantis??? I asked how and he didn't seem to know. So now I'm really wondering about this though a quick search didn't pull up a whole lot. If anyone does know or comes by something, let me know. Can you believe I would tie me to Atlantis without realizing it... I can! :)
And I'll add this because I'm soooo excited about it... Mercury Reto almost over!!!
T :)
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