A Look Back at Last Year

Every day I am conquering something new. Tomorrow I hope to conquer my highlighting dilemma. I don’t have the funds to go to the best colorist I have ever been with, so I will attempt my own highlighting. I bought a kit with a cap, if it doesn’t work out my hair grows fast. Just like when I started cutting my own hair, there is a curve involved.

I am working on getting a schedule to work at home. This will allow me to homeschool, and gain some income at the same time. This income will help Sconicle and I do some special things that last year with lack of time, and funds were not possible. He needs more time with kids that are home schooled, since we live in a small town we have to drive farther to get to those kids. I think if we schedule it around errands, and other things we can make it. In some ways without Dunk around this year should be easier. It was very distracting, having Dunk coming home in the middle of the day. It was not a good schedule for our family. Our hardest balance issue is figuring out the best for everyone. Having two public schooled and one home schooled is not easy but you can make it work when you figure out how best to manage time.

I try to balance my time with each kid, with Dunk gone I hope my time will be easier to balance. I have cut back all most of my wasted times, when I volunteer and am not paid. I would love to volunteer all the time, but it is not a good idea when we need the income.

So as I expect Sconicle to get more serious, as he goes up in grades, I have to challenge myself to get more serious about time management. Gator is independent, and in home schooling it has been my greatest input for Sconicle to become independent working and a self starter. I do admit one thing I babied Dunk for far too long, those days are gone. Unfortunately the more babying you do the more you regret doing it. I was not as bad as some moms were. I did over help and over compensate for Dunk. Gator will have it harder up front sooner. Sink or swim that is my goal by his senior year. The other thing I did wrong was not handle his GPA on a daily basis, Gator will perform or else. I expect Sconicle to, and Gator can do it.

Each year we re evaluate what we did wrong during the school year and what we did right. I think I have a handle on what I need to change. Change can be good, especially when you get results. I am looking forward to next week when my theories will be put in place.

Stumble It!