Oh What's A Girl To Do...HOMESCHOOL.

Don't you love when you hit a transition in life? Don't you love even more when you find you are searching for the stability you used to have before the transition occurred and you are coming up short handed and slightly empty and unfulfilled?

That's how I've felt with so much of life recently. So much has happened in our last 18 months and it's been a dog fight to figure out what our "new normal" is. And I have been struggling with what to do to keep myself flourishing. Not as a 'mom' but as 'me'.

I started consulting for Mary Kay. I weighed the options for about two months; I NEVER wanted to own my own business. Two things about self-owned business scare me: 1) handling money and 2) computer programs and online transactions. 

TERRIFIED. 

But I'm doing it. And I'm doing all right.

However blogging about my path with building a business wasn't very fulfilling. 

(Obviously, considering I've only posted about it twice.)

I am also a freelance baker. I'm leaning towards not just gluten free but dairy free cakes AND fillings, possibly even 100% vegan...but eh. Not my passion.

What about my family's journey to becoming "healthy"? One meat meal a week, freezer meals, 80-90% fresh produce cooking...what's new?

I've also started training for a triathlon...which will end in five months once the event takes place. So not a long lasting topic and surely not worth reading much for the general public.

Amidst all of these things I've been doing I've been fighting myself with the freaked-outness of learning how to homeschool my child.

Say, what?

*Did she just say homeschool?*

Yeah, I totally did.

Let's get one thing straight: I never ever ever ever EVER thought I would homeschool my kids. Sure, when I was naive and unmarried I wanted to be super-cute-loving-perfect-Susie Homemaker, capable of making any dish, completing any domestic task, and all the while wearing pearls and high heels from sun up to sun down as I did house work with a full face of make-up and hair that never fell or diffused (thank you, June Cleaver).

Well, if you've read any of my entries you can deduce that I am not that girl. And if people think I have it together I always try to reassure them that I don't. It took a whole lot of work to get myself to where I am and it takes a whole lot more to stay there. 

Top this off with homeschooling...

My kid gets sick of me. Who wouldn't? Same person, day in, day out- I don't take offense. I get a little sick of them, too. It's life. So how in tarnation am I supposed to homeschool?!?!

I spent alllllllll summer long counting the days until my child started school. I was just holding on until September. 

And then the day came...

And we went to the first day...

And I met his teacher...

And I stayed in the class as required...

And I attended the parent/teacher meeting...

And he was pulled from the program the next morning.

He had been accepted into two programs and after pulling him from the one we chose I immediately phoned the other school completely desperate to get him back onto their roster. I was beside myself.

This whole time I kept thinking, "Why not homeschool him?"

It was like a Golom head conversation. 

"Just do it. You have a Child Development degree."

"But I can't!"

"You don't want to."

"Darn right I don't. And the money for the curriculum."

"There's stuff online."

"Ughh....printing....I hates it."

But every time I thought about him going to school I got a huge pit in my stomach. 

Needless to say we are going forward with the homeschooling. 

Thankfully I have found a friend who has three children, the oldest of which is being homeschooled. To break up our week, one day her children come spend time with us and another day mine go over to spend time with her. 

It's going ok. Slow progress on my part (I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING AND I'M TRYING TO NOT FIGHT EVERY SECOND OF IT) but I'm getting there. 

So here is my new direction. 

Homeschooling. 

Yikes.

Below is the schedule I've comprised for our family curriculum. 

My plan is to post my weekly plans in better detail so if anyone wants to get ideas they are there and ready.

Stay tuned to see how it goes.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5:00 AM	Exercise/Personal	Exercise/Personal	Exercise/Personal	Exercise/Personal	Exercise/Personal
7:00 AM	Breakfast	Breakfast	Grocery Shopping	Breakfast	Breakfast
7:30 AM	Church Story	Church Story		Church Story	Church Story
8:00 AM	Play	Play		Play	Play
9:00 AM	Snack	Snack	Church Story	Snack	Snack
9:30 AM	Errands	Errands	Writing/Numbers	Errands	Errands
11:00 AM	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
12:00 PM	Baby Nap	Baby Nap	Baby Nap	Baby Nap	Baby Nap
12:30 PM	Story Time	Story Time	Story Time	Story Time	Story Time
1:00 PM	Writing/Numbers	Writing/Numbers	Library	Writing/Numbers	Writing/Numbers
1:30 PM	Cutting	Seasonal Learning	Cutting	Seasonal Learning	Cutting
2:00 PM	Letters	Math/Shapes	Letters	Math/Shapes	Letters
2:30 PM	Craft	Fine Motor/Music	Craft	Fine Motor/Music	Craft
3:00 PM	Park Play	Park Play	Park Play	Park Play	Park Play
4:00 PM	Free Play/Dinner prep	Free Play/Dinner Prep	Free Play/Dinner Prep	Free Play/Dinner Prep	Free Play/Dinner Prep
5:00 PM	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
6:00 PM	Clean Up	Clean Up	Clean Up	Clean Up	Clean Up
6:30 PM	Bath Time	Bath time	FHE	Bath Time	Bath Time
7:00 PM	Prep for Bed	Prep for Bed	Bath Time	Prep for Bed	Prep for Bed
7:30 PM	Bedtime!!	Bedtime!	Bedtime!!	Bedtime!!	Bedtime!!
8:00 PM	Dishes	Dishes	Dishes	Dishes	Dishes
8:30 PM	Clean/Bed Prep	Clean/Bed Prep	Clean/Bed Pred	Clean/Bed Prep	SCHOOL PREP
9:00 PM	Scriptures/Prayer	Scriptures/Prayer	Scriptures/Prayer	Scriptures/Prayer	Scriptures/Prayer
9:30 PM	BED	BED	BED	BED	BED