Weekends
In single parent, autonomously home-educating households - well, this one, anyway - weekends aren't really any different to any other day.
But it seems that for the rest of the world, weekends are different and this does permeate our consciousness from time to time..
Maybe all this will change when Tom starts his business in January, but I suspect not much.
- I'm still up at 5am, and asleep by 9pm.
- All the usual jobs still need doing: cooking, cleaning, washing-up, etc.
- Education goes on as normal, 24/7 unless the children are asleep.
But it seems that for the rest of the world, weekends are different and this does permeate our consciousness from time to time..
- The Internet is relatively dead! I can receive upwards of 100 list mails on week days, but next to none at weekends. Ditto blog posts and comments. Sometimes I wonder why my inbox/RSS feed list is so empty, then I remember what day it is.
- Supermarkets are closed on Sunday mornings. No early, quiet shopping for us then.
- Everywhere is phenomenally busy, so we tend to stay at home.
- I see a bit less of the teenagers because their schooled friends suddenly have spare time.
Maybe all this will change when Tom starts his business in January, but I suspect not much.
posted by Gill at
07:27
2 Comments:
I can really relate to this even though I'm not a sinlge mum. My DH works Saturdays and every third Sunday, and has one day off in the week - either a Tuesday or a Wednesday. The internet thing annoys me the most, as it's that that stops me getting bored when the children are off playing when Dh is working.
Hi Clare, you too, huh? I thought there must be others! I'm guessing that the weekends close to Christmas are especially difficult for 'normal' HEing families (if there is such a thing!) because of Christmas shopping etc.
That's something I'm struggling with a bit, this time. It's hard to plan surprises for such observant, ever-present children!
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