Drama camp went well. They liked all of it: the set design and construction, the costuming, and the improv-heavy performance of the haunted house itself. It ran for two nights and was very well attended, keeping the kids past closing both nights to let the folks still in line go through. A win.

Gilbert has decided that he wants to go to college, very exciting! He wants a classical Catholic education, which means about five colleges are on his list. One of them in particular is practically perfect in every way, so we’re praying that that’s it. In the meantime, I’m learning everything about tests, transcripts, financial aid and scholarships, and everything I can to do with homeschoolers and college. I’m a little overwhelmed, honestly. But I am so glad we aren’t unschooling anymore.

— Here I paused to go look though my “records” (my Google Photos) to see when it was that I stopped unschooling everything but math with Gilbert, Trix, and Gloria. It was 2018, his eighth grade year. Good thing! Back to the blog. —

Unschooling doesn’t mean you can’t do college. But it will usually mean you can’t do college math without a lot of work, or that you might have trouble getting academic scholarships. Generally you can go to college without too much trouble at a public university if you have good test results (which is what I did, actually.) But it’s trickier at a private school. Or it can be.

This week I have my actual diagnosis appointment for ADHD. I’m looking forward to some answers. Also going to a pumpkin patch with my niece and her son! And, of course, back to academics, which I should be planning out right now and not blogging.