So far, so good

Today was the first day back to school for kids in my son's elementary school. We're all proud to note that he made it through the day on the green light, and he was able to wake up on time without a lot of trouble. I was worried that his late nights staying up till 11 and 12 might give him a problem when school started back, but the night before the night before he zonkered out by 10:30, so that helped him get back on schedule.

SAHWAHD has seen schedules change drastically since the boy has been attending school. There's much more time to be at-home working, and less time to be at-home daddying. Just like when he started half-day prekindergarten, and when he potty-trained himself, Daddy feels a little less needed, a little less important in the life of this fellow who has changed his life. It felt good teaching him the year of kindergarten in half a year, and it felt super-good when he passed his Iowa tests with supersonic flying colors. I'm a little sad that he's kind of floating along scholastically now, but he's having fun learning how to work the system, and in the end, that's as important as learning how it's supposed to work.

I still maintain enough contact with him to let him know that there is a level of expectation above and beyond what the state has in mind. He knows that he can float or he can rise above; it's up to him. Right now, he chooses the path of least resistance to the computer games--unless somebody's there to chase him around. And after 10 laps around the house upstairs and down, I'm usually ready to sit down for some games myself. Hoping to build up to 20 laps by year's end.

So far, so good. :-)