What Really Irks Me!!!! No Ride Home From Work

I get TOTALLY irked when from morning throughout the major part of the day, I dedicate all of my time and efforts to feeding, bathing, caring for, and teaching my children...ALL to have my 15-30 mins. on the computer to check my emails, fb account, or to blog, MAJORLY interrupted by my children's foolish arguments, loudness, and ridiculous antics. MY SACRED 30 mins....the only time that I actually get to socialize with real people/adults and express my feelings.

I LOVE homeschooling my children. I do! I love being the one to teach them and not having to spend my day in a public school classroom teaching someone's children. But the one thing that I do miss about working out of the home, or in a public school, is that I had that ride home from work to unwind before I had to meet & greet my children, and put on my "evening hat". For me, that ride home allowed me the time to revive my soul and prepare my mind & body for the tasks ahead of me. It gave me a chance to cool out and listen to some good music. Or it was a time that I listened to an old sermon or Christian talk radio to "get my daily bread" for the evening. It was time with JUST ME, before I had to change hats and meet the demands of being Mommy and Honey, pouring my soul and efforts into others.

With homeschooling there is no ride home. For me, the time that I get, or try to get, to escape to the computer is my make-believe ride home. Sometimes I even get a cup of coffee and sit down with my devotional or bible (mind you, in the midst of all four of my rambunctious, loud crew) and pretend that I stopped off a Starbucks to relax and chill for a while before I made it home from work to the family.

I still have not found a true way to "ride home" in my current situation without extreme disrespect and disregard (or lack of a true understanding) for my transitional ME-TIME. But in the meantime, I will have to take a "spiritual ride home" as I hide myself in God (Psalm 143:9). He'll renew my strength as I wait on him, and He'll even help me to eventually get the true desire of my heart which is just A LITTLE me-time (Isaiah 40:31 & Psalm 37:4)! PRAISE BE TO GOD!

P.S.- I started this blog after homeschool today when I tried to get a "ride home". It was continuously interrupted, so I had to save it to draft. As I am completing this now, it is almost 8 p.m, my daughters are gone for the night, and my two young boys have both fallen asleep at the same time. I am finally getting my "ride home" , and what a wonderful & peaceful ride it is. God is always faithful!