Homeschooling With the Flu

It's late. I'm awake because I've slept all day. It turns out that the terrible "cold" we've all got is actually the flu. I feel like crap. E took care of us today. They closed the schools anticipating the "snowstorm" we were supposed to get. It turned out to be about 5 minutes of snow, 5 minutes of sleet, and mostly rain. What a disappointment! Anyway, I was glad he was home. I wasn't sure how I was going to survive another day with a house full of sick kids and myself in the same shape. I really needed the rest.

We've spent the week watching educational programming that had been clogging the DVR. There was no way I was going to sit through hours of mind numbing cartoons. So, the kids learned: that Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War and was shot by John Wilkes Booth; the elements of a short story; Gregor Mendel was a monk who bred pea plants; and a whole bunch of other stuff too numerous to list. It wasn't what I had planned for the week; but, it worked.