We just thought that you might want to know that we are in fact alive, and have not dropped off the face of the earth. We are home from the Bible Bee —it went fine, we had fun, we may elaborate on it more later— but now what really matters to us is that it is over.
We are back to fairly normal things! Most of our family is participating in our church's Christmas Cantata; Sarah is playing harp and I am singing alto in the choir. This is, by far, my most unprepared year. I didn't even mark up my Cantata book until last week, not to mention that I lost a couple weeks after the Bible Bee to my mouth being very swollen from getting my wisdom teeth out (which is not conducive to singing).
I am enjoying, for the first time this school year, being able to devote my attention almost entirely to my senior recital that I am preparing to do on May 13th. Before the Bible Bee I took two weeks off of practicing, then there was the week of the Bible Bee, upon returning from the Bible Bee I had Thanksgiving Break (in which I got my wisdom teeth extracted), and finally opened up my "what-pieces-I-am-learning-and-when-they-need-to-be-in-semi-decent-shape" spreadsheet to assess how far behind I was. I was about a month ahead. I had my real "Thanksgiving" then!
I have also been doing 1 and 1/2 grade with William. He is 6, very intelligent, and very scattered. He loves math, likes reading, and is not very impressed with writing. It has been very fun working with him; his wheels are always turning, just not always in the same direction.
It is so good to be at home again. I am still reviewing my verses, starting to study Acts, I finished reading my Bible through in the non-Bible-Bee months of the year, and am studying dispensationalism, but the absence of pressure is wonderful. Of course, I get a lot more done with pressure, but I still have a little adrenaline and a good bit of habit to keep me going for now.
