My summer has been filled with work. We have had a chance to go play a bit but we sure have gotten a lot done over these last couple months.
I decided to start school early this year which, in turn, cut more summer out. BLAH!
BUT~ as much as I think our summer could have been filled with more fun...even though we really did have some fun:) I am excited about "breaks". We started school early this year so that every 8 weeks we all have a 2 week break...yeah! I think that will help on the dreaded "burn out". Now I knew that starting school way before everyone else would have its draw backs. I also didn't want to short change my kids on some extra summer time fun when or if the chance came about. So, I've tried to stay somewhat flexible and I also put a pretty light load for the first 8 weeks. I tell myself that the load in the school system would be the same with a lot of review. The only down fall to my schedule is working out. I am keeping my workouts and finding it hard to workout, finish schooling 4 kids, cleaning house, mowing the lawn, do my shopping and be some what social to the neighbors...this all takes time. I find that if I wake kids up early and start school in the morning they are more focused which means I can do a little bit of multi-tasking and not struggle keeping them zoned into their own work. When I do that I have more time to clean and prepare for the activities of the day and not be rushed. I know it's a better deal...my problem is...I really love my workouts just the way they are. They help me stay in shape and keeps my mood up. I also can release any tension I have through them. Sometime I think I have to...really I choose to give up so much ...can't I just have this thing. Maybe on my selfish days I think that. So, where does this all leave me? Searching...I might try to go in the early hours before kids wake. I'm not sold on that option because I think they need to workout too and I am not a morning girl.
I decided to start school early this year which, in turn, cut more summer out. BLAH!
BUT~ as much as I think our summer could have been filled with more fun...even though we really did have some fun:) I am excited about "breaks". We started school early this year so that every 8 weeks we all have a 2 week break...yeah! I think that will help on the dreaded "burn out". Now I knew that starting school way before everyone else would have its draw backs. I also didn't want to short change my kids on some extra summer time fun when or if the chance came about. So, I've tried to stay somewhat flexible and I also put a pretty light load for the first 8 weeks. I tell myself that the load in the school system would be the same with a lot of review. The only down fall to my schedule is working out. I am keeping my workouts and finding it hard to workout, finish schooling 4 kids, cleaning house, mowing the lawn, do my shopping and be some what social to the neighbors...this all takes time. I find that if I wake kids up early and start school in the morning they are more focused which means I can do a little bit of multi-tasking and not struggle keeping them zoned into their own work. When I do that I have more time to clean and prepare for the activities of the day and not be rushed. I know it's a better deal...my problem is...I really love my workouts just the way they are. They help me stay in shape and keeps my mood up. I also can release any tension I have through them. Sometime I think I have to...really I choose to give up so much ...can't I just have this thing. Maybe on my selfish days I think that. So, where does this all leave me? Searching...I might try to go in the early hours before kids wake. I'm not sold on that option because I think they need to workout too and I am not a morning girl.
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