Riot and Frolic

I started MAH BLOG as an effort to communicate less.  

Or communicate EVERYTHING, but less repeatedly.

On that note, here's what I'll have to explain to everyone at some point:

Why We Are Choosing Homeschool

1. We travel a lot – as a family, we jet (or more likely, "car") around the nation about once a month for work.  Homeschool is portable.
2. We work odd hours – as ballroom dancers, my hubs and I generally work evenings.  If V goes to school at 8am or so, comes home at 3pm, and goes to bed at 9pm, she will never see her dad (who works full time).
3. The public schools we could immediately get into are not great – as in, terrible.  Like, bottom of the city terrible. 
4. The public schools that we liked A LOT were enrolled by a lottery – we're #213 on a waiting list with 15 spots open, so we're totally getting in, right?
5. The private schools we liked are out of our price range – it's just not an option right now.

Thoughts About Homeschooling

• I had always homeschoolers were crazy, religious (or crazy-religious), anti-social, separatist weirdos.  The G had grown up thinking homeschoolers were super liberal, hippie elitists.  Experience has taught me neither is the average, although there are some horror stories of either example.  
• I'm slightly terrified of being responsible for the education of a child.  Yeah, duh, I own a few kids already and am "responsible" for their well-being and upbringing, but now there's MATH involved.
• I'm very excited.  There is organization and easy right and wrong answers and school supplies and projects and paper.
• Dance class, choir, co-ops, field trips.  There will lots of socialization; don't worry.  We're not very good at the whole recluse thing.

Feel free to comment.  I will virtually stick my tongue out or high five you, depending on a rant or rave.

One year ago: Does This Make Me Bad or Great?, in which I still wrinkle my nose.

Two years ago: Something Salad-y, in which DDL strangely appears again.