Life as a single, homeschooling mom & work at home parent
November 14th, 2007 (General Information)
There are some days when I know that I’d be thankful to be in a relationship even though that’s not something that I’m actively seeking. However, I have 3 primary roles and to keep all of the plates spinning in the air at the same time sometimes becomes darn near impossible. I think this is why I’ve considered placing my daughter into a cyber school more than a few times and yet I don’t feel ready to do this. It’s not that this is not real homeschooling or that it wouldn’t make my life easier but I just don’t feel that it’s time for us to do this quite yet. Who knows what next school year will bring but we’ll handle that when we come to it. Why do I even bring this up then? Well, it’s because I just simply can’t keep up with everything that needs to be done during the course of the day. As a single parent, I’m responsible for everything that goes on inside of this house: cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, etc. As a business owner I’m the one that gets yelled at when my clients aren’t satisfied. As a homeschooling parent my daughter’s education rests primarily on me. With all of this in mind there are days when I feel as though I’m doing nothing, accomplishing nothing and just spinning in circles. It’s not that everything isn’t getting done but I miss having quiet time to just sit and vegetate. I look at my daughter and remind her how lucky she is to have this sort of time. So, does anyone have any tips so that I can get more R&R in my life before I burn out?