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[rivka]

It's funny the way kids' ages telescope.

Two kids on my Friends List are starting kindergarten this fall, just like Alex. (Except that Alex started June 1, but never mind that.) One of these kids, I've always thought of as significantly older than Alex. The other, I've always thought of as significantly younger than Alex. My view of their relative ages was cemented in their infancy, when a few months' gap is huge. But now they are all kindergarteners, and more or less the same age.

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I've been feeling really quiet in LJ these days. There is work stuff going on that I can't really talk about, and it consumes a lot of my emotional energy. Not posting about that stuff winds up meaning not posting at all. You could try asking questions if you felt like it, or you could just, you know, enjoy the silence.

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[geminigirl]

I've been thinking of you a bunch lately-my sweetie entirelysonja has just started homeschooling her daughter who is a few months older than Alex. The two of you have interacted in homeschooling forums before though I don't think your LJ or Facebook friends or anything. (I'm not sure if it's mothering.com or Well Trained Mind or something else.) I know you've been at it for a few months, but I'm curious about how it's going and what you've worked on this summer.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh! Yes, I have seen her around on message boards etc., but I had no idea that she was your sweetie. (She hosted your baby shower that we missed at the last minute because I was in the hospital. Right? Okay, that makes sense now.) The funny thing is that I've thought about writing to her and saying "Hey, we're both homeschooling similar-aged kids and you seem interested, want to get together?", but she doesn't know me from Adam and I am way too shy to do something like that.

I know you've been at it for a few months, but I'm curious about how it's going and what you've worked on this summer.

It's been going very well, I think. We're all enjoying ourselves. The big thing that's happened this summer is that Alex has gone from just barely beginning to read to reading. We've also done a lot of fun exploration of various cultures. Do you know about my homeschooling blog? (http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net)

[geminigirl]

Yes-she's been my sweetie for almost ten years. She's the one that hosted the baby shower. She's in Takoma Park, so not too far from you. I'd be more than happy to facilitate an introduction if you like. She knows who you are (she's actually mentioned that before) so it wouldn't be a totally weird thing to connect the two of you.

I do know about your homeschooling blog but I have a hard time keeping up with LJ and Facebook, let alone anything that doesn't have an LJ feed these days and had lost track of the name of your blog.

One of the neat things that Sonja is doing is "museum schooling"-she's homeschooling but with the fantastic array of museums available locally, she's really taking advantage of what they have to offer as part of her homeschooling plans.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I can't imagine why you might have trouble keeping up with internet stuff! What can you possibly be doing with your time? *grin*

(And there actually is an LJ feed at tinderbox_blog, but please don't feel obligated.)

If you think she might like to get together, please do set up an introduction. The museum schooling stuff sounds really neat.

[geminigirl]

I don't feel obligated, I feel interested. If I wasn't interested I wouldn't have asked. I'm glad there's a feed-now I know I can keep up.

I will mention getting together when I talk to her on the phone tomorrow night. She can explain her concept of "museum schooling" much better than I can too.

Two days a week of therapy (probably soon to be three) with Miriam, a yoga class, I'm trying to add a dance class for Naomi. I'm hoping for music of some sort soon too.