1 Down!

The first full week of school is done! It was a rough one. Zachary gave us a hard time the first half of the week with not wanting to go to school. We finally had to tell him it was the law and that the police would come and arrest mom and dad if he didn't go. Yeah, I know I could home-school - but then the men in their little white coats would have to come and cart me away to the funny-farm! Once he figured out we weren't backing down and he was going to school, he started coping with it better and was ready to get going each day with a smile on his face.

This week we have seen remarkable progress - he has learned to spell, in both upper/lower case letters, the words "red" and "blue". He has also started to learn to spell his name with both upper/lower case letters and draw a circle. Ok, now I thought - well, at 5 1/2 he is already able to draw a circle. No, this is a true circle - equal in distance at all points. That smacks a bit of geometry and I am already hyperventilating at what's lurking in the future for math homework! The biggest thing Zachary has to work on is............lunch time. He's having a problem eating in the 25 minutes he's allotted for lunch. He comes home with an uneaten sandwich and says he just didn't have enough time. Looks like the bags of chips and grapes made it into the kid though - sheesh, you'd think he was a teenager with those eating habits! Guess we'll be eliminating the bag of chips so he'll have "time" to eat the sandwich next week though.

I got my car's transmission replaced Thursday. I guess it did need a new transmission. The transmission must've slowly been going downhill to where I didn't notice that I had lost a lot in acceleration and in other areas of performance. Heck, I just thought it needed an oil change! Now I've got to ever-so-gently depress the accelerator or risk peeling out and leaving half my tire tread on the pavement! Have to say - it's been kind of fun and made me feel a bit younger having some performance back in my car! Heck - one of these years I may end up being one of those grandmas who drives like a bat out of you-know-where! Ah heck! With my gray roots lurking - most people probably think I'm already there! Look out!!!!!!!!