mommix I am glad you are taking a break! thats a great idea, good way to get yourself regrouped too! Just for a help you .. I am worn out today lately, because of driving to and from dds, highschool. I teach drama there two times a week and homeschool ds as well as help ds18 get to the CC where he attenends courses. I am exhausted by the time Friday gets here and I miss the quiet of home schooling. I am contemplating pulling her for my own selfish reasons but she has not complained at once. I am having to deal with my own quiet times again I have the bible time down and tawg time but the quiet of styaing home on a blustery day will often get pushed aside for my dd to have her drama class. Sigh. I am online now about to search for two more feild trips to do. Weee? Yeah it will be fun I am sure and we have fun in class, but the homeschool mom in me says lets just stay home today and have hot cocoa annd do school here.. but I can't. Its all for her,so I have to get over it, and remember she is the one who will beinifit... That said, think about how hard it really will be geting the kids up on the cold winter mornings to go out in the cold to go to school if you ever need a reminder of one of the most precious blessings of home schooling! Spending that snuggle time with your kids while it storms outside!