People frequently ask me what I do when I am not at work. Most people assume I have another job. Others think I sleep until noon and then get up and watch soap operas. A few think I do coke all day or turn tricks on the side. But the truth is, I have a very normal and sort of wholesome personal life. I homeschool my son and spend lots of time with him. I enjoy cooking and baking and usually turn out several home-cooked items (meals, baked goods, etc) every day. I garden and do some volunteer work.
Today was a pretty typical day. It went like this:
7 a. m.: Kiddo wakes me up to announce that he is now going downstairs to watch TV.
8 a. m.: alarm rings and I ignore it.
8:20 am: Drag myself out of bed and pour some coffee
8:30-9:30: Read the news on the Internet, check e-mail, possibly do a little something for web site.
9:30-10 am: Breakfast, story time
10am-1 pm: School time. This is when we do the formal lessons--Math, Reading, Spelling, Grammar, Piano (we are learning this together), Art, Science. We feed the ants in the ant farm. We read a a lot. We try to get done with this part as fast as possible so we can go do fun things like nature walks, ice skating, visiting friends, etc. Today it was selling caramel corn for a fund raiser, and looking for leaves for his leaf collection. It could just as easily have been a trip to the library or our homeschool group.
1 p.m.: Lunch and break time. Start dinner.
2 p. m.: take a shower and get ready for work
3 p. m.: leave for work (earlier if I need to stop somewhere)
I grocery shop and go to Wal-Mart in between shows or after work. When I get home I put things away, load the dishwasher, clean the kitchen, and maybe do a little work on the computer. This is when I do all the stuff I want to keep away from my kiddo, like edinting pics for my Southern Charms site. Then I colapse into bed and my soul leaves my body until later in the morning, when my kid will again wake me to tell me he is going to go watch TV now.
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