I Lost the Track

"I like starting school before Labor Day 

but this year it may need to start after Labor Day"- me

When I discovered I was expecting I jumped on the planning track.  I needed to figure out how we could get the most out of our school year before the beginning of March.  I was due in the middle of March and could realistically give myself a month off before needing to start full time school again.  There's nothing like a mid-school due date to throw a homeschool mother into planning mode.  I was planning to start the second week of August-then the bleeding started and I miscarried and since then my planning has lacked muster.  It's expected that it would be hard to get back on track but seriously, it's not like I can't plan.  I need to plan.  I cannot let myself get totally off track.  So, very slowly, I've planned. So slowly that we might have to *gasp* start after Labor Day.  It is really not a capital offensive but I have never in the history of homeschooling(going on our third year) started schooling after Labor Day.

 I believe starting school after Labor Day is a Michigan thing. We began our homeschool journey in Oklahoma where public school starts the second week of August.  So naturally we have started mid August.  I have loved the extra week or two of time that it has given us to take off during the year.  I seriously would LOVE to end school at the end of May but you really can't do that unless you start school early then stay on track.  So that is our goal... staying on track if I can, somehow, find the track to stay on.