The pace seems to be non-stop at our house right now. Late Thursday night after we put the kids to bed around ten I noticed that the toilet wasn’t flushing well. My husband tried plunging it. Well, one step led to another that eventually found us in the basement. The backed up sewage started leaking out of one of the pipes. It was disgusting! To make matters worse, we could not shower afterwards because we didn’t want to run the water until we knew what the problem was. I think we finally got to bed about 1 in the morning. Thankfully, one of our neighbors owns a septic system company, so he was able to drain the tanks the next day. Apparently flushing paper towels and superheroes down your toilet is not a good idea. This all occurred while I was trying to teach things like order of operations and run-on sentences! No, life does not pause for you to homeschool, although the kids loved watching the men work. I guess homeschooling is really more about including all aspects of life, not just the academics. Can I count this as a science skill lab?!