Jul. 6, 2009 - Homeschooling and working full time
I thought I would post an update on how homeschooling and working full time are playing out for us. On the rare days that I am off, if it is a weekend, I really have a hard time making myself get into the homeschool-mom mode. After all, it is the weekend.
When I have a day off during the week, while it is a bit easier to get into the mode of doing school, oftentimes, I have errands and catching up to do, so it is still very difficult to do school. I have actually found it easier to do school on the days when I work a later shift. Those are the days when I want to be home until time to leave for work. On the days when I must work an earlier shift, dd is basically on her own. If she gets stuck, she will occasionally email me at work to see if I can quickly answer her question. Most of the time, if she is stuck, we just have to work on it when I get home later in the day.
We are currently working on home ec, health, and geography over the summer months, in hopes of at least getting two of those subjects completely finished before we tackle starting up in August with a heavier load. At this point, we are finding it a bit easier to do a few subjects on a consistent basis, rather than waiting until fall, then having to conquer all subjects.
That is one of the blessings of homeschooling -- you can find what will work for you and your family, and you go with it. 
While it is rarely easy, it is "do-able."
