The kids are in their last week of school for the school year. The bigger kids have finals this week and the younger ones just have to endure going to school for another few days. I know it sounds crazy, but there really are things about homeschool that I miss. For a while the thought of doing it again just shut me down. Like I could not even imagine any picture in my head.

But lately I have thought again, “Well…maybe?” It would have to be different than we did it before though. I always had such an aversion to the Classical Conversations format. It was just not something I was ever drawn to and having five kids while doing it seemed like it would be way too much to have to keep track of. The nice thing about CC though is that each grade had a tutor.

They go one day a week, have all of their classes, and then come home with the week’s assigned homework. The only thing you have to do on top of it is math, plus whatever other personal electives you would choose to include on your own if you wanted. I have asked, “And this isn’t some unsustainable system that’s profiting and operating by overworking and stressing out moms?”

Apparently they have done their best to work those things out. Because I am definitely not going to be the one signing up for tutoring. The camp seems to have found someone for the summer who is able to help with the ordering and menu planning. He is a retired restaurant owner who is friends with someone on the camp board and was looking for something that he could still do.

I am planning on working some for money this summer. I don’t mind volunteering, but if I’m putting in the hours anyway, I might as well make some money for tuition. I haven’t felt the same strong pull toward summer house cleaning or home improvement projects. I mostly have just been trying to put intentional effort every day toward something. It helps but this is a big place.