Looking Forward To...

...being home with my kids more and teaching them things as in home schooling.

Besides missing the ability to sleep in and have relaxed mornings, I miss having free time with my kids. I miss teaching them myself, knowing what was covered and what was learned from the work we did together. I miss the effectiveness of 1:1 or 2:1 tutoring instruction.

I am exhausted from a too-busy, over-scheduled fall in which 99% of the homeschool academics were done by outside parties paid or in cooperative learning environments.

It was a roller coaster of an autumn, one that is too raw and new to write about in detail.

I'm glad that a lot of it has come to an end for the session. I have made decisions about which "outside things" we'll do with our time, energy, and money in the upcoming winter and spring.

I am content with the decisions.

I was in full burn-out mode at one point. I didn't realize it but two friends talked to me about my burn-out. They saw what I could not. After visiting the idea of putting my kids in school I changed my mind and settled back into the mindset of a homeschooling mother.

I can't wait to feel more relaxed and to feel more independent again. My kids want that too.