Kathleen Desmarais

I’ve been putting off this post. You see, I don’t like being late. Okay, that’s an understatement. In fact it is my biggest pet peeve–running late and waiting on others who are late. When I was in college, I would rather have skipped a class than show up late. I once broke up with a great guy simply because he couldn’t ever seem to get anywhere on time and I knew that was something I couldn’t live with. I don’t go to drive-throughs when there are a lot of people in the car because I get anxious knowing the person on the other end is waiting for us to get our order together. So now with great anguish I have to say– I am running late. Middle Ages (3) and Modern Times (2) will not be published this year–there I said it, uuggg! They say you are suppose to feel better when you can admit the truth, but I don’t feel better at all. I know there are many who are waiting on these courses, many who have planned their next school year to include these courses. I am really sorry to disappoint those people.

So what happened? Well, several things. But mostly I just took on too much (maybe you can relate?) I am trying to get out all the eBooks by the end of summer. Each eBook is taking about 50 hours to format. So that’s 11 courses x 50 = 550 hours staring at a computer screen. At one point, somewhere between Ancients (2) and Ancients (3), my left hand became stiff and numb and I couldn’t type for a week. Also I have been very busy formatting Chemistry (1). The great writer of Chem 1 has finished in record speed and now it’s up to me to get it published. There has been such a huge demand for chem 1 that I have put it on a fast track. Then there is the fam. My eldest is starting high school this coming year and it would not be an exaggeration to say that I am terrified. And when I get worried, I plan. So we have her courses carefully laid out, a notebook compiled that would impress any college board, and every hour scheduled. (Luckily for me, my daughter enjoys this level of structure and is actually looking forward to being graded for the first time). At the other end of the spectrum, is my 1 1/2 y.o. If you have read my posts before, you know what she is like. Never before have I met a child who can scale kitchen cabinets and will push around furniture, stack it up, and reach whatever I was sure was out of reach. Then there are the two boys in the middle who I feel never get enough attention, what with their sisters hogging it all. Then there’s our house on the market, not selling but still needing to be “show clean” all the time, husband taking jobs out of state, –you get the point. I’m too busy, just like many home schooling moms.

So I am moving the release date for MT (2) to 2009, hopefully early 2009. I don’t have a date for EM (3). But the good news is, Chem (1) and Physics (1) and maybe even Life (2) are also scheduled for 2009. So just because there hasn’t been anything brand new coming out of Pandia Press for awhile, please know that I am working, probably harder than I ever have.