Saturday 9 July 2011

In which we bounce back

This blog has been quiet for a few months now. I don't suppose anyone noticed. But this morning I read a blog about being honest about the times that home ed doesn't go so well and therefore I feel I should say that part of the reason the blog has been quiet is that we have done sod all!

Although as soon as I typed that, I felt a bit Life of Brian and wanted to say, "apart from the activities...and the conversations about things and reading and watching documentaries and art and the socialising and the visit to Sutton Hoo, what learning have we done???"

But we have been building a new shed and therefore we cannot do easily do any work indoors. The table which is usually liberally spread with science experiments, paper, paints, crayons, fossils, books and half-finished projects is currently covered with the contents of the old shed. we've tried working at the coffee table and it is okay, but the puppy can get at things too easily. We've worked online and we've worked on a project at the library, but something about not being able to work at home makes me feel that we haven't done anything.

However, I am feeling very excited about the coming months because I am being made redundant. That shouldn't be a good thing, but it is. I only work just under 9 hours a week and yet that seriously gets in the way of stuff I want to do with Hannah. Already for the rest of the year post redundancy, she is going to be doing an archaeology course with the Museum of London, an art class and workshops about blood and roman costume! Very excited!


In which Hannah writes a song

Yesterday I went out in the evening and came home to find this, a song that Hannah has written lyrics to, in a notebook on the table. It's fascinating looking at the mix of generic song lyrics about unrequited love that don't fit with the spirit of the song at all and the clearly meaningful ones about wanting to be a rock star, not a fashion model (she spent the day yesterday with a friend who does want to be a model or a pop star or anything famous involving clothes and make up). I think it is pretty cool anyway and our friends who go to HESFES can probably expect to see her rocking the caberet in a few years' time!

Don't know where I am or how I got here
Even though I don't know where I am
I'm not gonna look back to the bad things
Look forward to the good things
And face the world with pride

Girls can rock the world and rock the stage
If you love someone but they don't love you
Gonna rock the world, gonna rock the stage
Go out there and fight some day

Girls don't have to be a fashion model
You don;t have be a boy to be a rock star
Girls can rock the world and rock the stage
Girls can rock the world!