Fully Awake, My Mind is Buzzing and Its only 4 in the Morning

Its 4 in the morning and Ive been awake for the 2nd time tonight thinking thinking thinking. Im not worried Im just fully awake and ready to spring into action. This I know has been sparked by what I did yesterday. When I started thinking randomly about trying mashed pumpkin for dinner tonight (RANDOM!!! I brought a HUGE pumpkin from the supermarket the other day) I knew it was time to get up and blog not lie there any longer.

LOL better not wake My Trier up and tell him I want to teach right now!!! Somehow I think hed think his mother had lost the plot and gone crazy on him. Poor boy.

So whats on my mind in particular. Theres a heap of stuff I want to do. I need to see if I can get a disability allowance for My Trier. While his grandfather is wonderful and very supportive he wants to know if this is possible. He has been paying for My Triers private tution out of a family trust for the last couple of years.

When we start homeschooling Id like to continue to take My Little Man to playgroup he LOVES it and so do I. I wonder whether My Trier would happy enough to go along every week. I believe that children shouldnt be split up and not allowed to play with younger children as they do at school. I have also witnessed the fact that My Trier is very good with little children and his little bro. Would he be happy going every week though? If not would I be able to set him work to do and would he do it alone and in a settled fashion?

I also want to ring everyone up and invite them over for a coffee morning before playgroup starts again in mid February. I also have kept in contact with My Triers teacher from last year. We got on really well. Shes a lovely lady and I emailed her over a week ago and then she emailed me back saying lets have coffee. Well that email is sitting in my email programme open and waiting. I need to get in touch with her and book a time.

Deep and low, deep and low

I have secrets you dont know

Low and deep, low and deep.

I have secrets that I keep

(Emilo and the River by Joy Cowley)

This is the chant thats running though my head. I have an excellent English programme which I cant wait to start working with again. When I home schooled my daughter for 2.5 years about 6 years ago we used this programme which I kept.

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We produced a lot of wonderful work using it. I wonder if this book turns out to be My Triers favourite. Or something else? The future is full of possibilities.

9 Responses to “Fully Awake, My Mind is Buzzing and Its only 4 in the Morning”

  1. Diane J. Says:

    Good luck, Jen. I hope this homeschooling journey is the answer to your Trier’s education problems.

    Love and hugs,

    Diane

  2. addictedtocoke Says:

    So exciting huh Jen! Just relax and let things happen, it might take a while for your Trier to ‘deschool’. Good luck with the disability allowance, it was a mission to get it for Denver…I HATE WINZ.
    Hope the playgroup goes well, best to discuss it with the members, some people can be funny about older kids being around. I have managed to find a playgroup run by a homeschooling mum for Sienna this year, so I am happy about that :)
    Good luck on your journey Jen, I think you are an amazing lady :)

  3. Denise Says:

    Keeping you in my prayers.

  4. Mary Says:

    Jen, I’m so glad you started a homeschooling site! And reading this latest answers some questions I’d asked in response to your last comment at my blog. I’d been wondering if you’d have the freedom to choose your curriculum, sounds like you will! The books look fantastic…

    I think you should take your older son with you to playgroup. What an excellent opportunity for him. And at home, you could put him in charge of a preschool P.E. program for your youngest. :O) One of the homeschooling mom’s who comments at my blog shared how her oldest son was in charge of P.E. and he really comes up with fun workouts/games that leave all her children red-faced and panting! Lol. I think if he feels he has a stake in making your youngest’s life better, he might at least feel needed in that way. And if there is a way for him to serve during playgroup, then that’s that much better! It might keep him from feeling strange being there the first few times. I assume you’ll have an initial “de-tox” of what he’s come to feel is “uncool”, etc. Let us know the actual date you’ll be starting…and how old is your son? I was thinking 10 or so?

    God bless ya!

  5. kate5kiwis Says:

    jen
    all the very best for your homeschooling adventure.
    hopefully Master Trier has deschooled over the summer, and is ready for some fun stuff soon.
    when my R14 was ten, she went to school for a term-and-a-half until we all decided that home was the better environment for her and the brothers.
    it took at least a term to de-school, just chilling out and hanging out together.
    and going to the beach!!!!!! X

  6. Tot's Mom Says:

    I hope you don’t go on waking up at 4 every morning with so many thoughts on your mind!

  7. my3boysandi Says:

    thanks Diane me too I hope it keeps out of trouble now and in the future too

    addictedtocoke I think the feeling towards WINZ is universal
    awww thanks :)

    thanks Denise

    thanks Mary I knew youd be wondering
    hes 12
    and Im hoping to start on the 4th of February

    thanks Katie arent these long Christmas holidays wonderful for that

    I had a full nights sleep last night TM :)

  8. Mary Says:

    Good to know, thanks, Jen!

  9. Jana Says:

    WOW!!!!!! Jen reading this makes me wish I had kids to homeschool too!!! I love reading how excited you are about teaching him this year… I know you all are going to have SO much progress once you get into a groove!

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