In between all the progress that has been made to the site in the last week, a lot has been happening. Last Wednesday Nick, Maksym, Alex (my brother), and I visited Cedar Point together after which I went to Chicago to exhibit at the Homeschooling Expo, where I fell explosively ill.
But let’s start from the beginning. Last Wednesday we took an excursion to Cedar Point, one of Ohio’s premiere roller coaster meccas. Maksym, Alex and I were all into roller coasters, but Nick came on a whim to face his daredevil fears. And oh boy did he face them. See the pictures below to observe the before and during shots of Nick on the Millennium Force. Scott did not join us because he doesn’t like coasters, and his absence was probably for the better because we pretty much went on roller coasters all day. We all four somehow avoided getting sun burnt despite the cloudless day.
The following day (Thursday) I left for the Chicago Homeschooling Expo. It was held in Schaumberg, which I quickly discovered is a long way outside of Chicago proper. Schaumberg is to Chicago what Jersey is to Manhattan. You can see our conference setup below. Generally the conference was a bust, conference attendance wasn’t high and I came to the conclusion that homeschooling isn’t a terribly profitable market for us to be in. So we learned something, but it was sort of a downer. If anyone out there is a teacher and has any conference suggestions for the upcoming months, we’d be happy to hear your ideas!
Finally, I spent Sunday with some friends in Millennium Park in Chicago. Between Millennium Park and the Millennium Force I’ve been pretty thoroughly subdivided into units of 1000 lately. It was a pretty hot day to be out of doors, the heat index in the city was something like 104 degrees Fahrenheit. I enjoy the heat, but it was a little much for even me. To make matters worse, I had eaten shellfish the night before and it had really upset my stomach so I wandered around in a sickly heat-augmented haze, keeping close track of where each flower bed and trash can was in the event that I needed to unload the contents of my stomach discretely. The picture is an artist’s rendition of my day in Millennium Park.
We have some exciting news coming up about a partnership we’ve been working on, Nick has been making progress on the pinyin and definition practice, and I’ll be redesigning the homepage shortly. Up up and away!