I have decided I'm going to give Sue Patrick's Workbox System a try. I got the ebook, and I'm a little over half-way through it. Sigh. I wanted to be done reading, have all the supplies purchased and organized, and start using it the first day back to school! I have a tendency to be an all-or nothing gal. If things are good at this moment - I see life as being GREAT! If, however, things are hard, I feel totally defeated! As I was wallowing in misery for not being organized enough - STILL! - I thought back to our Christmas break. We got to spend a lot of time together as a family. Because of the way the holidays fell this year, my husband got a four-day weekend followed by a three day weekend. We got a couple of new games for the family, and I spent a lot of time playing games with family. Sometimes we were all together, and sometimes it was just a few of us. But, we made it a point to take lots of time playing together as a family. I also read about four fiction novels! Reading is a pleasure for me, and I took advantage of the free time during the holidays to get extra reading in.
So, how should I feel? Have I failed at the CM way of education? Have I come up short, again? Are my children suffering because of my 'lack of organization'? I think we'll all live through it. We are continuing to limp along with my less-than organized method we have used so far this school year, and I'll be working on finishing that ebook and getting our workboxes set up. THEN I'll be a good homeschooler! Right?
