My husband went out of town this week, so my study plans got shot to snot. Nothing went awry, but being the sole parent of four young children is just so draining that the idea of reading was usually met with a silent "Ha. No."
I did finish Eleanor Roosevelt's You Learn by Living, Beverly Cleary's My Own Two Feet: A Memoir and the ISI Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum. The Student's Guide to Liberal Learning showed up in the mail, but I've only managed to skim through it. (I think there's a read-worthy section on self-discipline in it, which I'm excited to read.)
I've done nothing out of the Vocabulary Builder; in fact, I totally forgot it was even something I was going to do until yesterday. I am that worn out.
I know I should do a write-up for each book, but the idea of thinking and putting words down on paper is just a tad more than I can handle at the moment. Ha ha. Eleanor Roosevelt's book is a must-read--there really isn't anything "new" mentioned within its pages, but it's full of wisdom that's good to hear as much as possible. Beverly Cleary's memoir was a very engaging read that I'm thinking about putting on the high school reading list for my children, as it shows the work needed to get through college and also shows what life was like during the end of the Depression and during World War II.
I'm thinking about sending a copy of Core Curriculum to every graduating high school senior I know...it would have been so great to have read that before I selected my college courses!
We'll pick up DH from the airport this afternoon, so things should settle down in the next few days.
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