1. Monday, I had an appoitment in town, and then went to my friends' house to hang out.
2. Grace and I worked for a bit on our Geology plans, and then Grace and C. and I watched a few episodes of Gravity Falls, a really awesome show that you should all watch.
3. They very kindly dropped me off at the library to volunteer, and I did that for an hour. Megan, who used to volunteer with us, dropped by for a few minutes to say hi, which was fun!
4. After that, I ran into Spencer and IP at the library, and we all waited for Julie. After she got there, we all went to Chocolate Necessaties. Gelato of the week: coconut and salted caramel (I know, I know, only two flavors. I get made fun of every time I do that :P).
5. We walked across the street for dance. We're learning new challenging dances in both light and hard shoe classes, and I really like both of them!
6. We stopped at Quizno's for dinner, and the woman who worked there said she liked Isabelle's new haircut! I think maybe we go there a bit too often... :P
7. Came home, watched Doctor Who, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Monday, July 6, 2015
Sunday July 5, 2015 {World Cup}
1. I got up really late, close to 10, which is really late for me.
2. Didn't do too much all morning, but we did get an invitation to go to a friend's house to watch the World Cup final.
3. Around 4, we headed to Connie's. I'm not really into sports in general, but it was an exciting game to watch (particularly since we won :P).
4. After the game was over, we all had some food. I discussed various Homeschool Academy plans with people. Spencer and I discussed what song I should do for my Literary Analysis class I'm teaching on Tuesday. I was having a hard time finding a song that would be interesting to people without being offensive. The song I originally planned on had some swearing in it, so we decided to skip that. We tentatively decided on American Pie, but I'm still trying to think of something that might be a little more relevant to the kids in the class.
5. We came home, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
2. Didn't do too much all morning, but we did get an invitation to go to a friend's house to watch the World Cup final.
3. Around 4, we headed to Connie's. I'm not really into sports in general, but it was an exciting game to watch (particularly since we won :P).
4. After the game was over, we all had some food. I discussed various Homeschool Academy plans with people. Spencer and I discussed what song I should do for my Literary Analysis class I'm teaching on Tuesday. I was having a hard time finding a song that would be interesting to people without being offensive. The song I originally planned on had some swearing in it, so we decided to skip that. We tentatively decided on American Pie, but I'm still trying to think of something that might be a little more relevant to the kids in the class.
5. We came home, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Friday July 3, 2015 {Boating}
1. Got up and did stuff around the house for a few hours.
2. I went downtown to meet up with a friend who I hadn't seen in a long time. It was good catching up with her, though I had to head home before too long to work on some stuff.
3. I worked for a while on the homeschool academy schedule. Some of us older homeschoolers (or former homeschoolers, in some cases) have decided to put together a series of free classes in the summer. I am teaching Irish dance, and co-teaching Geology and Writing. We had sent out polls to prospective students to find out what classes they wanted to take and when they were available, so I was going through the data and organizing it.
4. We walked to Gloria's to have dinner and go boating. It was beautiful out on the lake, though the boat ran into a few minor difficulties. The inter tube ran into some major difficulties, when the cover (which was attached to a rope attached to the boat) started to tear, and then came off of the tube entirely. I never ended up going on the inter tube, but it was fun riding in the boat.
5. We brought the boat back in and hung out for another hour or two before walking home.
6. After I got home, I ran through all the homeschool academy data I had organized, and put together a potential schedule. I realized that there was no way to put together a schedule that worked for everyone, but I was able to put together something that seemed to work for the most part.
7. Read some Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
2. I went downtown to meet up with a friend who I hadn't seen in a long time. It was good catching up with her, though I had to head home before too long to work on some stuff.
3. I worked for a while on the homeschool academy schedule. Some of us older homeschoolers (or former homeschoolers, in some cases) have decided to put together a series of free classes in the summer. I am teaching Irish dance, and co-teaching Geology and Writing. We had sent out polls to prospective students to find out what classes they wanted to take and when they were available, so I was going through the data and organizing it.
4. We walked to Gloria's to have dinner and go boating. It was beautiful out on the lake, though the boat ran into a few minor difficulties. The inter tube ran into some major difficulties, when the cover (which was attached to a rope attached to the boat) started to tear, and then came off of the tube entirely. I never ended up going on the inter tube, but it was fun riding in the boat.
5. We brought the boat back in and hung out for another hour or two before walking home.
6. After I got home, I ran through all the homeschool academy data I had organized, and put together a potential schedule. I realized that there was no way to put together a schedule that worked for everyone, but I was able to put together something that seemed to work for the most part.
7. Read some Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
Friday, July 3, 2015
Wednesday July 1, 2015 {Latin and Park day}
1. Got up, and did some math and history.
2. I made some worksheets and such for the day's Latin lesson. I always tell myself I'll do lesson planning some time other than mere hours before the class, but that never happens. :P
3. Walked to Gloria's house for Latin. We had our class, then had a Harry Potter Latin meeting, both of which were fun. I do need to figure out a way to change it a bit though, to make sure everyone is interested. I think the two younger girls tend to get a little lost when Spencer, Grace, and I are able to handle more of the grammar and such than they are. That is something I need to figure out for future weeks...
4. We went to park day, which was just down the street. It was quite hot and not super interesting, though my friend L. showed up, which was great!
5. We went home, had dinner, watched Doctor Who, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
2. I made some worksheets and such for the day's Latin lesson. I always tell myself I'll do lesson planning some time other than mere hours before the class, but that never happens. :P
3. Walked to Gloria's house for Latin. We had our class, then had a Harry Potter Latin meeting, both of which were fun. I do need to figure out a way to change it a bit though, to make sure everyone is interested. I think the two younger girls tend to get a little lost when Spencer, Grace, and I are able to handle more of the grammar and such than they are. That is something I need to figure out for future weeks...
4. We went to park day, which was just down the street. It was quite hot and not super interesting, though my friend L. showed up, which was great!
5. We went home, had dinner, watched Doctor Who, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Tuesday June 30, 2015 {Inside Out}
1. Got up, got ready, worked on history.
2. Did some more math to study for the math placement test at WCC.
3. We went to Mt Vernon because mom had an appointment there, then we went to the mall in Burlington to watch Inside Out.
4. I am always a bit skeptical of animated movies, but this one was really good. Despite my "hardhearted" reputation (as given by my mom and sister), I did even tear up a little at the end. It was funny and well made, and the whole concept is very clever. I would recommend it.
5. We stopped at Target on our way out of the movie to pick up some stuff, and then went to Chipotle for dinner.
6. We came home and watched Doctor Who, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
7. Also of note: I know I'm years late to this party, but I recently discovered Homestuck, and it's amazing. Homestuck, Gravity Falls, and Don't Starve are my favorite fun things of this summer so far.
2. Did some more math to study for the math placement test at WCC.
3. We went to Mt Vernon because mom had an appointment there, then we went to the mall in Burlington to watch Inside Out.
4. I am always a bit skeptical of animated movies, but this one was really good. Despite my "hardhearted" reputation (as given by my mom and sister), I did even tear up a little at the end. It was funny and well made, and the whole concept is very clever. I would recommend it.
5. We stopped at Target on our way out of the movie to pick up some stuff, and then went to Chipotle for dinner.
6. We came home and watched Doctor Who, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
7. Also of note: I know I'm years late to this party, but I recently discovered Homestuck, and it's amazing. Homestuck, Gravity Falls, and Don't Starve are my favorite fun things of this summer so far.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Saturday June 20, 2015 {Dance Recital}
1. Got up and ate a bagel, then got ready for the day.
2. Didn't do too much for most of the morning, then did hair and makeup in preparation to leave.
3. Left for the dance studio.
4. Spent an hour getting ready for the recital, getting everyone into their appropriate costumes, and waiting while many parents and siblings squeezed into the studio and lines the walls.
5. Our Irish groups had three dances, one for each class. I danced in the advanced class's dance, and the intermediate class's dance as well, since they didn't have enough people for the choreography.
6. After we danced, we watched through the rest of the recital, which was fun.
7. After that, we went home and hung out for a while. We are dinner, and then I went babysitting.
8. Babysitting was fun, while tiring. I learned that 6 year olds get very grumpy when they don't eat their dinner, and also that they won't want to eat their dinner if they could play with the neighbor kids instead.
9. I came home, and spent a long time talking with mom and Isabelle, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed around midnight.
2. Didn't do too much for most of the morning, then did hair and makeup in preparation to leave.
3. Left for the dance studio.
4. Spent an hour getting ready for the recital, getting everyone into their appropriate costumes, and waiting while many parents and siblings squeezed into the studio and lines the walls.
5. Our Irish groups had three dances, one for each class. I danced in the advanced class's dance, and the intermediate class's dance as well, since they didn't have enough people for the choreography.
6. After we danced, we watched through the rest of the recital, which was fun.
7. After that, we went home and hung out for a while. We are dinner, and then I went babysitting.
8. Babysitting was fun, while tiring. I learned that 6 year olds get very grumpy when they don't eat their dinner, and also that they won't want to eat their dinner if they could play with the neighbor kids instead.
9. I came home, and spent a long time talking with mom and Isabelle, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed around midnight.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Wednesday June 17, 2015 {Geology Final}
1. Slept through my alarm again, and was once again scrambling a bit to get out the door on time. I rode the (surprisingly full) bus to WCC, and was, as usual, early to class.
2. Took the Geology final. I feel like I did pretty well on it, and I know I didn't need a very high grade on the final to do well in the class, so I wasn't too stressed about it. I feel like I did well on the multiple choice questions and short answer/calculation problems, but I'm not so sure about the essay questions. I'm kind of wishing I'd tried a tad harder now, but more on that later...
3. After Geology, C. and I hung out for a while with L. and then Spencer showed up! C. and Spencer played giant chess for a while, and I played with this little 3 dimensional cube puzzle for a long time. It was endlessly frustrating to me because even when C. showed me how to do it, I could not figure it out for some reason.
4. After Spencer left, I followed C. to the math center where he had free pizza for being a tutor there, and stood around awkwardly for a while talking to him before leaving and walking to meet my dad and Isabelle.
5. We headed to park day at Boulevard Park, which was great. I mostly hung out with various friends, and had a good time.
6. While we were at school, C. and I decided to make a bet on our grades in Geology, since we went into the final with the same grade, and have both been doing quite well in that class. What exactly the bet is will be revealed in time (it is a rather contentious issue at the moment :P), when one of us wins.
7. We got a ride home, then made some pizza for dinner. I listened to the new Hello Internet podcast. After mom got home we ate some cake she brought back from the party she was at earlier.
8. Read Sense and Sensibility and went to bed.
2. Took the Geology final. I feel like I did pretty well on it, and I know I didn't need a very high grade on the final to do well in the class, so I wasn't too stressed about it. I feel like I did well on the multiple choice questions and short answer/calculation problems, but I'm not so sure about the essay questions. I'm kind of wishing I'd tried a tad harder now, but more on that later...
3. After Geology, C. and I hung out for a while with L. and then Spencer showed up! C. and Spencer played giant chess for a while, and I played with this little 3 dimensional cube puzzle for a long time. It was endlessly frustrating to me because even when C. showed me how to do it, I could not figure it out for some reason.
4. After Spencer left, I followed C. to the math center where he had free pizza for being a tutor there, and stood around awkwardly for a while talking to him before leaving and walking to meet my dad and Isabelle.
5. We headed to park day at Boulevard Park, which was great. I mostly hung out with various friends, and had a good time.
6. While we were at school, C. and I decided to make a bet on our grades in Geology, since we went into the final with the same grade, and have both been doing quite well in that class. What exactly the bet is will be revealed in time (it is a rather contentious issue at the moment :P), when one of us wins.
7. We got a ride home, then made some pizza for dinner. I listened to the new Hello Internet podcast. After mom got home we ate some cake she brought back from the party she was at earlier.
8. Read Sense and Sensibility and went to bed.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Monday June 15, 2015 {Almost Done}
1. Got up 20 minutes late (gah) and had a hard time getting out of the house on time.
2. Made it to school, and went to Geology. We got lots of old assignments back, and then went over them.
3. C. and I hung out for an hour and a half, and then headed off to our separate classes.
4. English was mostly an open lab day, so I spent most of the time working on my paper. We also did a fun brainstorming exercise to help come up with a title.
5. After that, I met up with C. again for a while, then hung out with L. for about an hour.
6. I took the bus into town and volunteered at the library for an hour, cleaning books and toys.
7. I went to Chocolate Necessities w/ Julie and the boys, and hung out for an hour and a half or so. Flavors of the week - Lemon and Pink Grapefruit.
8. Irish dance! I went to class where we practiced hard shoe dances, and briefly rehearsed for the school dance recital which is this coming Saturday.
9. Came home, ate dinner, had some strawberry pie, listened to a podcast, read Sense and Sensibility, went to bed.
Sorry for the brief post. Finals week is here and I'm kind of exhausted. I'm also not thinking very clearly. I had written an entire draft of this post before I recalled that I'm not using full names.
I also asked Bernice, my volunteer coordinator at the library, to sign an affidavit for how many parking passes I've gotten in total. When she looked at me oddly, I realized that I had said parking passes where I should have said volunteer hours. *shakes head*
2. Made it to school, and went to Geology. We got lots of old assignments back, and then went over them.
3. C. and I hung out for an hour and a half, and then headed off to our separate classes.
4. English was mostly an open lab day, so I spent most of the time working on my paper. We also did a fun brainstorming exercise to help come up with a title.
5. After that, I met up with C. again for a while, then hung out with L. for about an hour.
6. I took the bus into town and volunteered at the library for an hour, cleaning books and toys.
7. I went to Chocolate Necessities w/ Julie and the boys, and hung out for an hour and a half or so. Flavors of the week - Lemon and Pink Grapefruit.
8. Irish dance! I went to class where we practiced hard shoe dances, and briefly rehearsed for the school dance recital which is this coming Saturday.
9. Came home, ate dinner, had some strawberry pie, listened to a podcast, read Sense and Sensibility, went to bed.
Sorry for the brief post. Finals week is here and I'm kind of exhausted. I'm also not thinking very clearly. I had written an entire draft of this post before I recalled that I'm not using full names.
I also asked Bernice, my volunteer coordinator at the library, to sign an affidavit for how many parking passes I've gotten in total. When she looked at me oddly, I realized that I had said parking passes where I should have said volunteer hours. *shakes head*
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Sunday June 7, 2015 {Highland Games}
1. Got up, got ready, and drove to Hovander Park. We hung around for a bit, and then danced on the side stage at 10:30. It wasn't a great performance, but it was okay.
2. We hung out for a while and ate lunch, then had our second performance. This time, we danced with live music. It was a much better (though certainly not perfect) performance.
3. We left pretty quickly after our second show. We went home, and I took a shower and changed, then we went to Connie's for a party.
4. The party was great - there was lots of good food and awesome people. Hailey, Claire, Hunter, HW, L., and I spent the entire party hanging out in the basement, which was super fun. Other people drifted in from time to time, but it was mostly some variation on that "teen" group. We had a great time.
5. Went home, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
2. We hung out for a while and ate lunch, then had our second performance. This time, we danced with live music. It was a much better (though certainly not perfect) performance.
3. We left pretty quickly after our second show. We went home, and I took a shower and changed, then we went to Connie's for a party.
4. The party was great - there was lots of good food and awesome people. Hailey, Claire, Hunter, HW, L., and I spent the entire party hanging out in the basement, which was super fun. Other people drifted in from time to time, but it was mostly some variation on that "teen" group. We had a great time.
5. Went home, read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Thursday June 4, 2015 {Rehearsal}
1. I got up, ate some breakfast, and worked on my Latin lesson plan. I took a shower and walked to Gloria's in time to meet H. for Latin. We're starting to get geared up for our grand adventure translating Harry Potter this summer, which I'm really excited about.
2. After I got home and ate lunch, I worked on school stuff for a few hours including math, some history reading, a geology lab, and a paper for English.
3. I wrote a blog post for my main blog, and took a walk with Isabelle to obtain part of a birthday gift for a friend (more on that later).
4. I got ready to go, and when Mom got home from work, we went to a dance rehearsal.
5. We got to rehearse with the musicians who will be playing for us, which was really great. I love dancing to live music.
6. We came home, ate some pizza, and then I frantically finished the homework I had due for both English and Geology.
7. Read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
2. After I got home and ate lunch, I worked on school stuff for a few hours including math, some history reading, a geology lab, and a paper for English.
3. I wrote a blog post for my main blog, and took a walk with Isabelle to obtain part of a birthday gift for a friend (more on that later).
4. I got ready to go, and when Mom got home from work, we went to a dance rehearsal.
5. We got to rehearse with the musicians who will be playing for us, which was really great. I love dancing to live music.
6. We came home, ate some pizza, and then I frantically finished the homework I had due for both English and Geology.
7. Read Sense and Sensibility, and went to bed.
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