I hear the school bells ringing already. Hard to believe it's already that time again. So soon!  Now I don't want to  sound like I dread our upcoming homeschool year, but going on our 4th year I've lost some of my zing. It's not that I don't enjoy or appreciate the opportunity to give my children a great education. There are so many benefits to homeschooling.

Watching my oldest daugher, Trinity grow from having to sound out the word cat  to reading through a chapter book in two days was such a special thing to witness. We struggled so much that first year with what she couldn't pick up in public school and many days I was left with doubt but we just had to perservere (no other choice, right?). And later seeing her blossom into such an avid reader was deeply rewarding in itself. Looking back we've had so much fun over the past few years. Field trips and science experiments ring out clearest in my memory.

The part that makes me drag my feet is the time factor. With work, I find it SO hard to get homeschooling complete each day. Every day is a crazy race and I find myself exhausted at the end of it (with no housework done or even a nice dinner cooked). It's go go go and that makes it hard to really sit and enjoy things as much as I'd like to. You can schedule all you want and manange your time appropriately, but what about when their just aren't enough hours in the day? I can't manage time I don't have. It's a constant rush and THAT is the part that I despise. I've tried and tried to come up with a solution to better time managment but I'm coming to the realization that when there is too much work and not enough time...you just can't create more hours.

So this year I'm hoping to have some sort of breakthrough where I magically find some comfortable routine that I can cope with. One that doesn't leave me exhausted and hopeless at the end of each day. So for the past few weeks I've been trying to come up with ways during the time I do have (weekends) to prepare things for the week which will make things go smoother.

If you find yourself frazzled and there seems like no solution is around....it could very well be that you have 40 hours of work lined up to do in only 24.

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Posted by momto4beauties

So sorry you are having such a hard time, Christy. I still don't know how you do it. But certainly are on my 'hero list' of homeschooling moms. You pretty much work full-time AND homeschool...amazing. I know it's frustrating...but know that you have a friend up here in OH that's rootin' for ya!! I'd give ya a big hug if I were down there!! But 'imagine' you're getting one!! k? Miss you! Keep it up...it's worth it in the end. And even though it may seem you don't get enough time with them, they know you love them enough to keep them home and teach them when a lot of parents send their kids off on the cheese wagon just to get them out of their hair and don't really care what their kids are taught. ;) You're a great mom, no matter how ya look at it!! :) Hugs!!!

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