First day of school

Yesterday was interesting. Combine my lack of planning (we had company on Sunday) and our late start, and it is a miracle we got anything done. Working until 6:30, we managed to get everything done though. Of course, everything was printed on scrap paper, because we ran out of new paper. Our current supply of scrap paper is old recipes I printed aand no longer use, so all day I got to hear "I get to do 'oatmeal cookies' for history? Cool!"

I told Marty it is a good thing I don't drink, because yesterday would have been a "fifth of Jack for dinner" kind of night.

We missed Ahmadinejad's speech, so today Christian is going to watch the first 10 minutes or so of it and read part of the transcript, as well as the introduction from Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University. (Warning- I wouldn't dig around on that site too much. I just found the transcript and have no idea what else is there.) We will discuss why he thinks Ahmadinejad was invited to speak (and if he agrees or disagrees), the protests (and if he agrees or disagrees), the introduction given by Bollinger (and if he agrees or disagrees), etc. Should make for an interesting discussion.

In a few days, we will read President Bush's UN speech from earlier... it usually takes them a few days to get the transcript up.

Alex and Ethan started American history and after only one day, seem to like it. We will see how they feel in a week. lol