Vacation is supposed to be a time of resting and recharging?!?!?

We finished our school year last Wednesday, which in itself is not important except that my last 2007-08 attendance form also marked the end of a six-year run of independent homeschooling. We start Georgia Virtual Academy Aug. 13 in second, fourth and seventh grades and will be considered public schoolers, though we will do our work at home. We are committed to one year of GVA and then we will evaluate how it fit in with our education goals and family dynamic before we decide to continue.

Friday was a fun night at Six Flags, which Geddy's company rented out for its employees for the evening. I rode Goliath (yawn), Acrophobia (scary!) and a couple of other coasters including my childhood favorite, the Dahlonega Mine Train. My new favorite is Batman, which I rode twice with my new friend Shana. We also rode several rides with the children, who don't like roller coasters.

Mother's Day was lovely, with a brunch at church, a very much wished-for wooden butcher's block and sweet notes and handmade gifts, and then a visit with my own Mama and extended family in the afternoon. A violent Saturday storm had knocked out the power to my parents' house, so we spent Sunday afternoon enjoying a breeze and the sunroom and the ambiance of candle-lit bathrooms.

Geddy's vacation was this week, so Monday the five of us headed for Mount Cheaha. We stayed the night in a chalet and watched a beautiful sunset together. Tuesday morning we left for the Anniston Museum of Natural History and got there at the same time as five schoolbuses, so we went to De Soto Caverns instead. We headed back to the museum in the afternoon and had it mostly to ourselves by then.

Wednesday night was our Spring Fling at church, and we allowed the two littles to each bring a friend. We brought home two of Larry's friends to stay overnight and so commenced the first annual Dork Convention (I kid). Seriously, it was all about Star Wars and and sound cards and custom-made light sabers and The Force and video games. Very fun, and we are so thankful that Larry has made good friends who are truly good boys.

Yesterday was our year-end party for our homeschool group, and one of the moms whose family owns a pizza restaurant arranged for the children to make their own pizzas for lunch. We had a nice time.

Today, I'm recovering and shopping for a dress for the Abstinence Ball tomorrow evening. Nothing like waiting until the last minute!