Juggling Motherhood, Marriage, and Educational Pursuit

Being a parent is hard these days. And with today's economy it takes both parents, if there, to work to support that household. But sometimes working is not enough. So you have to go to school. But there are still bills to be paid so you have to work and go to school at the same time and still let your kids know that they are the most important things in the world to you in the two to four hours that you see them through the day.

Here is how my Monday through Fridays goes. I wake up at six a.m. and wake up my son to get ready for school and my daughter to go to daycare. We are out the door by seven. I drop my son off at seven-fifteen and my daughter off by seven-thirty. I get to work at eight. I leave at three and rush to go get my son from school. Luckily my sister picks up my daughter and brings her to the house for me since she watches them while I go to school at night, (which is coming up in the schedule). I get home by three-thirty and find something to make that is quick, easy and delicious (sometimes nutritious) for dinner (thank God for hamburger helper). At five I have to get ready for school and leave by five-thirty. I go to school from six p.m. to ten p.m. Once I get home I have to take my sister home then I can finally go home to go to sleep, just to start all over again the next day.

As I said it is helpful to have two parents in the house and in that I am very lucky. My husband is in the house and helps every way he can but his schedule is even more hectic than mine. He goes to work Monday through Thursday from eight a.m. to three p.m. and goes to school from six p.m. to ten p.m., then goes to work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday four p.m. to eleven p.m. Which leaves him very little time to sleep let alone any thing else.

So, as you can see, even though we have a two parent household we are still struggling just as if we were part of a single parent household. And even though this is only a temporary situation until we complete school, I don't finish until December of 2007 and he doesn't finish until April of 2008. So this is where we have had to learn how to still make that time for the kids.