Unleashing the Beast

Tomorrow is Sam's first day back to public school after being home schooled for four years.  I must admit that I feel a  bit guilty, as if I am unleashing a savage beast upon an unsuspecting populace.  It's not as though Sam is a savage beast per se, but Sam is...Sam.  

While home schooling last year, Sam typically got up between 9:30 and 10 (because there is wisdom in letting sleeping Sams lie) and once awake, Sam was rarely clothed and in his right mind.  In fact, he frequently spent entire school days shirtless.  (Apparently his body temperature runs in excess of normal.)  And often, within a couple hours of beginning his school day, Sam would suddenly collect  his schoolwork and make a bee-line for the greenhouse, where he claimed he could concentrate better in solitude.  (Quite frankly, we also were able to concentrate better with Sam in the solitary confines of the greenhouse!)

All of that to say, I have no idea how Sam is going to make the transition from his free-wheeling, bohemian life as a former home schooler to the structure of public school.  I hope he survives.  I hope they survive.  I hope I survive.  God help us all!