The World According to Leslie

  It's move-in day! I can now say that (well, write that) without tears.  Over the past couple of weeks, I have cried a lot because my baby was leaving for college. Today, we officially moved her in.  Her room is beautiful. Her roommate seems nice; we only got to talk to her for a little while as we moved Chasity in and set her stuff up.  She has already started EmBark Orientation to get used to campus and get ready for the semester!  We drove up to Asheville last night. Our van was a little  packed when we left home.  It took us two hotel carts to get all her stuff up to her room. She's on the 7th floor and has an amazing view of the mountains!  Naturally, we had to make a trip to Wal-Mart for things we forgot. We still forgot masks, even though they have been on the lists the past 3 weeks. Who would have guessed that we'd forget that!  She has her room all set up. She has 4 pillows and 3 blankets (not counting her comforter). One of the bla...

 I know that we just completed our first year of homeschool!  Chasity has finished 9th grade. Since she completed 3 credits in middle school (public, before we pulled her to homeschool) and she did 9 classes this year.  She TECHNICALLY has enough credits to be considered a JUNIOR!  NO... I'm not trying to get her out of the house any sooner.  We are leaving her as a SOPHOMORE for next year.  She will have her classes at home, and she will do dual enrollment for 11th and 12th grade... but... that's a different story. So....  We had an interesting journey to start homeschooling. As most of you know, I worked in the public school system as a Sign Language Interpreter for 4 years. I also taught high school English for 4 years. I'm currently (well, when school's in session) a substitute teacher. I love working in the school system.  The system just wasn't working for Chasity!  (And no, I don't have a sob story with a list of peo...