I laugh that the last post was in 2009. Pregnancy and post-partum are not kind to me. I haven't felt the desire to pursue my self-education until today. I received the Memoria Press Classical Educator newsletter in the mail and now my interest is re-kindled.
And you know, nothing has been lost by taking a break. I have a beautiful son and I have spent the first year of his life nurturing him as much as he needed me to...which was a lot.
My day has shifted a bit and an entire hour has opened up during the afternoon when all the kiddos are having "quiet time."
This hour is dependent upon me using the children's recess hour to get in some exercise. If I don't do it then, I'm requiring myself to complete it during quiet time. I'm hoping my kids can ride their bikes as fast as I can walk/jog/run. Of course, this is contingent upon getting my oldest a bike that's big enough so she doesn't hit her knees on the handlebars when she pedals.
I don't know exactly where I'm going to begin. I could go with the suggestion in The Well-Education Mind and start with Don Quixote, but I hesitate to go with that because I've tried reading it before and it kicked my butt. I can't believe I have a college degree.
Or should I go with the foreign language route? I've felt led to study a language that I've never considered studying before...Swedish. How in the world does one learn Swedish?!?!
Decisions, decisions.
