The kids had their first full day of homeschool after the Thanksgiving break yesterday and they both struggled a little.  Kelly organized everything very well, but did not get everything done.  Christian was not very organized, but got almost everything done.  It should take a day or two for them to get back up to speed.  Kelly finished her article on whether one should be nicer to people at Christmas time, so after today, both of them will have turned such an article in to the Albany Democrat Herald.  Kelly wrote a great article, but she won last time so I do not expect that she has much of a chance of winning this time.  This is Christian’s first pass at this, so I think he has a pretty good chance.<p>Lorena took her third and final mid-term last night.  She thinks she did OK, but is not sure if she did OK enough to pass the test.  If she did not pass, she has only a few days to take it again before she has to take the final on December 7.  I surely hope she passes this and the final because she has worked very hard on this and it would be great to be able to move on.