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"Or, you know you have a bit of a buffer if life should rearrange your plans."
That's it exactly heh... We don't always manage to do 5 days a week, every week. Of course, you can go through the summer, or take time off when you need.
You can also stop at a particular lesson and just play games for awhile if your child needs more practice and security before moving on.
So maybe think of the long-range plan as a "projected minimum" heh.
Many folks who start RS later than age 5 are "behind" that 'ideal' pace. But when they do standardized testing they're still ahead of average! My son was 10, grade 5, when we started level E -- our first foray into RS. The Transitions lessons took us about 2 or 3 months, then level E itself took about one full year (ie, 52 weeks) -- that's with some weeks off, and not nearly 5 days a week consistently.
So midway through grade 6 (if you're counting grades, which we don't really...), we started the Intermediate Geometry. We're also slowly starting Pre-Algebra (using Teaching Textbooks, since we already have it, have used it before, etc), skipping much of the first 20 lessons since it's just review, and just doing about 1 lesson a week on things he actually NEEDS reviewing. :)
On this pace, even having started "late" according to the official RS timetable, he'll be doing full-on algebra by grade 8, which is completely in line with the school system... for what that's worth 
Excellent! Glad to hear another RightStart success story! 
Kathleen
