It's Been a Hectic Week . . .

We started school back up on Jan 1 after two weeks off. I know, I know, the holiday and all, but our AO schedule is Mon-Fri, and if we take one day off, we usually end up taking the whole week off - and, last year, that left us with a two-week summer vacation.

We took it slow and easy on Monday, no math or copywork, just the books on the schedule. And we've taken all week to ease ourselves back into it. But it's really hard to get back to routine after two weeks, and I'm back on the raw diet without cheating and off the caffeine, and that's taken its toll on me - I've had a hard time dragging myself out of bed and I've been sleeping in until 11! Just keeping up with meals, school schedule, Series paraphrase, Cloud of Witness daily entries, has been all I could manage (plus chasing the toddler!)

So, I haven't had much to say, or time to say it.

I'm reading the last of my Stacks Books Challenge book (The Iliad for Boys and Girls) aloud, so it's taking longer - I was able to get the others read in bed within a few days.

Tomorrow we take the Christmas decorations down. The pies are gone, cookies are gone, See's chocolates are gone, gifts are put away, Nutcracker is over, holiday schedule has been replaced with school schedule, Christmas songs replaced with hymns - it really feels like Christmas is over.

The next thing to look forward to is the CM conference in North Carolina in June.