A Wednesday in January

This was Melia's first full day of school.  She felt like it was a LOT, but I have no doubt she will get used to the routine...it was only 3 hours of focused schoolwork. That's doable. It is less than the 6 1/12 hours she would spend at a public highschool...but it is also FOCUSED work, so I know it feels longer. 

I want to be nearby and available for Melia while she is schooling and I found the time to blog etc was motivating.  She's off and running. At this point we are still waiting for an IDEA contact teacher to be assigned though we have heard that we are an accepted IDEA family. ::snort:: They won't provide an allotment as she is registering mid-year - I don't understand that. BUT it was easy enough to simply enroll her in Acellus Academy (the program the state uses) and sign up for the classes she had begun at her last high school.  We aren't "catching up" with this plan but we aren't losing ground either. When she finishes these four classes, we can begin catch up with the things she missed in her freshman year. We will get there. We have a plan! 

After school was done Michael, Melia and I went on a shopping spree. Our goal was winter snow gear. We went to Walmart and found a jacket. She received a beautiful new winter jacket at Christmas; we want one she can sled and ski in without fear of tearing her new jacket. We found a gorgeous jacket on sale for $19. We didn't like the $45 price of snow bibs. We headed to Play It Again Sports, Sportsman Warehouse, Fred Myers and ended up back at Walmart. Michael kept the car warm and we ran in, picked out a pair and bought them. Maybe the moral of the story is Walmart really has the best prices in town. 😂 We could have thrifted. 

We dropped Melia off at Alex and Nolan's. Jamin, Stacia and Allie were there for a sibling hangout/game night. 

Michael and I headed out to catch dinner and have some rare alone moments to chat. It was great fun. 

It's a bit bemusing we have had months of so much time alone in the house...and then December arrived and we've had lots of activity, guests in the house, and now a new daughter in our home. We are going to have to make time to go OUT for dates to connect rather than simply being together 24/7 with lots of alone time. LOL 

Stacia came home at 10. Melia had stayed with Allie. We realized - oh yeah - we should set a curfew time especially for school nights, I suppose. The things one so quickly forgets. We'll have to figure out what is reasonable and we can pick her up if Stacia is staying later in future weeks. 

We all went to bed tired.