ciroccoj | just make it go away

Can't stay up to watch Dubya win Florida. Can't.

I hoped to stay up long enough to see Ohio and either give

bear a high-five or a big hug depending on what happened there. But it looks like Ohio might take a little longer to tally up than anticipated. (Later Edit: Although, dude, I'm so sorry. I just saw the gay marriage ban news. ::hugs::)

I may get up and check results every few hours. But for right now, I'm going to take some echinacea & vitamin C, take my very ill partner to bed, and watch some LOTR. Because escapism is a good thing.

Oh, and in completely unrelated news, Daniel got his "advanced English book" from Mrs. I. In our meeting, she had expressed concern that, although Daniel's language level was fairly advanced, he was not doing the English advanced book because I took him out of school so often that she couldn't be sure he'd be able to keep up with the class on his own. I offered to make sure he always did his English homework, and she agreed to give him the book.

Well, am I glad we got that taken care of. Because today Daniel had some English homework to do, and let me tell you, it's a good thing he's got that book. The book that asks him to pick which four words (in a ten-word list) have the short 'u' sound (upon, cut, up, and sun), then asks him to identify the word that had the short 'a' sound (hat) and short 'i' sound (hit).

Just to put it in context: in French spelling this week he's got abeille, semaine, oreille, and 7 others, and last week he had déjeuner, tête, élèves, and 7 more.

WTF? This is French Immersion. The kids are anglophones being taught French. And the only ones who get sun, cut, and up are the 'advanced' kids?