Saturday, March 24, 2007 -
Pregnant and cranky

... Posted in Everyday life

Yup. That's me.

The latest Homeschool Minute newsletter (March 21st edition) really caught my eye-- it was about homeschooling while pregnant. Now, I can't say I've been ready to throw in the hs'ing towel this time around, but I've possibly made my kids hope I would. Boys oh boys, have I been cranky. And I mentally (ok, maybe sometimes not so mentally) roll my eyes at those who tell me me they could never homeschool because they just don't have enough patience. Good grief. Well, as my mom always says... "this too shall pass"...

Actually, homeschooling while pregnant isn't that big a deal. The biggest challenge is probably lumbering around the kitchen table to help those who need it. I didn't really get sick this time around, but I'm definitely more tired and this early daylight savings time change doesn't help.  I'm kind of into the home stretch now, with the school year and this pregnancy (32 weeks this week!). I'm over the "how are we ever going to get finished before the baby comes" stage and into the "who cares if it's all done by then?" stage. I've even started going over curriculum choices for next year, in between mentally listing all the baby stuff I need (which is actually quite a lot, even being baby #6, seeing that I've given nearly everything away from previous babies... duhhh). I'm still waffling over English choices for the two oldest girls-- they'll be doing grades 8 and 10. And yet again, I'm switching math programs for the little girls (grades 1 and 3)... I've at least narrowed those to what the choices won't be. But that's another post.

So, here's to pregnancy, and hormones, and teaching our children at home. It's not impossible. Just every so often you need to give your head a shake and remind yourself what's important.  Mainly, not to alienate every member of your family ! ! !

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