We are starting our first full week back to school. I hope if you have just started your first week was better than ours. My daughter did great. She likes her classes and can’t believe how most of the kids in her class are not getting their assignments done already. I tried to tell her how much better off she would be with being homeschooled/on-line schooled but the proof is just now being seen by her. She has an assignment due Monday that she has to comment on the other students’ work and only four students had posted their work by Saturday night. One was another homeschooler and then two other girls in the class.  She feels good about college so far.

My son on the other hand, oy! He got his first F for not handing in his homework. Now, per his 504 plan he gets an extra day to turn in assignments because of his lack of executive functioning skills.  It’s not that he did not complete the assignment but that rather he has trouble with carrying things from point A to point B.  Usually we scan and email as a backup but he wanted to try to do it on his own this year without the scanning. The assignment was due on Wednesday, he forgot it at home. This is typical for him. Okay, he will turn it in on Thursday. Look on Friday. An F. I ask him why he didn’t turn it in? He told me he wasn’t sure why buy he just didn’t.  Not, I forgot. Just, I didn’t. Ugh. So, we are back to scanning and emailing until he can turn his homework in for a full week on time.

But, the calendar sure filled up quickly on us. Once all the teachers handed out their extra schedules, I am attending a class for my job for the next two months, going to a conference for a week back in Rochester, NY, and of course it is my wife’s tax season until December 15th so she is working 65-75 hours a week for the next month, needless to say we are going simple on meals. Remember, simple doesn’t mean boring!

Verdict:

This was a super hit with the family. My family loves when I cook with wine and beer. Both kids hate the smell of it until the alcohol cooks off but they love the flavor it adds to the dishes.  if you don’t like wine you can substitute chicken stock in the recipe. Both kids commented that it was better than restaurant food! I will take the pats on the back when they come.

I served this with a side of steamed broccoli and a green salad to complete the meal.