Man, I need a break. I'm whipped. Aron's going to start traveling again, and it gets hard to maintain the house and the cooking and to keep everyone clean and cared for. Then you throw homeschooling into the mix, and forget it ... my day is shot. And, well, my writing career is taking off and I really need to nurture it while people want my stuff. It won't wait around for me forever.
The other day we went to the private school to buy trash bags. We get bugged a lot about sending our kids there by people who work there when they see us at church or wherever. Last week this woman really made sense to me. She was like, "They'll have fun here all day. What would you do with yourself all day?" They happen to have a preschool program also where I could put Eva and Sam for at least half a day.
What WOULD I do with myself, being a normal mom and all that? I would exercise and meditate and make thousands of dollars writing (well, about $7,000 or so per year would have to go to the school and preschool, but who is counting?). I would keep an immaculate house and cook things like duck a l'orange and coq au vin. My kids would get a first-class private education.
So in the fall, there they go. I'll miss them and all the fun we have homeschooling. They don't want to go (well, Callie kind of does), but I have to do this for myself. I'll also miss my homeschooling friends. I guess I'll see them around sometimes. Better take down my Facebook homeschool group page.
Sorry, guys, I'm really bad at this kind of stuff because I'm just a bad liar in general so I don't even try ...
Happy April Fool's Day, people! And happy birthday to my niece Lia! We love you ;-)
I was going to say you know... it's cool. Just be aware that it is often easier to homeschool (esp. littles) because the time you spend organizing their backpack, digging through papers and sorting homework and lunches and field trip slips and.. and... andddddddd everything else, it's easier to keep them home more often than not. Nice to have a spot of time to yourself but I find I pay for it in the afternoon when I am least able to do extra and have burnt out. :)
ReplyDeleteThough you're just kidding, it's still true to some. In fact I have the same exact experience as what you've posted there. basic hygiene
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