Keeping incredibly busy.

I'm working pretty much full time and doing my school work in the mornings.  It's keeping me going for many hours a day and I'm not, to be honest, really hanging in there with the housework or the hobbies or getting together with friends.  Yesterday at work, I realized that I needed to see people besides work people and texted all my cousins and some of us are getting together at work today.  Of course, I have people here in my home, but sometimes they're not the most chatty.  They're all involved in their own interests all the time.  Anyway, so today is Saturday and I have school work, lunch out, going to the grocery, laundry and dishes.  You can see how a lunch out is very important to break up the rest of the work, work, work, work.  :-P   I'm working hard and saving for retirement so that maybe someday when I get grandkids, I'll be able to spend time with them.   I don't regret for 1 minute pouring myself so fully into motherhood and neglecting my career, but the time is now to build it up and get some savings.    That studying though.   I'm not a big fan of the course I am taking.  It seems like it's set up in the worst possible way and maybe these people need to go and read How Children Learn by John Holt.  It's written for kids but it applies to adults too. 

This week marks the fourth anniversary of our board game group.   I'm no longer participating, but the kids and their friends are still going strong, meeting every Tuesday night.   I'm so glad I started that.  If you're a homeschool mom looking at this blog for homeschool advice, here are 2 things.  Read How Children Learn and be proactive for your kids socialization, take them out and let them meet other kids and do it regularly.  It's so easy to neglect that part.