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[battlemaiden]

Homeschoolers weekly fatigue? :rolleyes:

Do you arrange your weeks in a certain way to avoid this?

I pack my Monday and Tuesday pretty full with scholastics because I know I'm going to be pooped by Thursday and I'll have to put in an errand day somewhere.

Do others feel the thurs/fri energy gap? Have you rearranged the schedule to adapt for this?

Keep in mind I'm those "3 ring circus days" of three school aged, 1 preschooler, and 2 littles to entertain! The exhaustion sneaks up on me.

Jo

[Jean in Newcastle]

Fridays are lighter. They are also the one day of the week that I allow computer time - though that has been mis-used lately so that might change. . .

Wed. are also lighter because we go to an assisted living home every Wed. night for a Bible study. It is a 6 hour commitment for us (it is an hour away and we have to set up etc.) and so we break off school early and get ready for our long evening.

[DIY-DY]

Homeschoolers weekly fatigue? :rolleyes:

Do you arrange your weeks in a certain way to avoid this?

I pack my Monday and Tuesday pretty full with scholastics because I know I'm going to be pooped by Thursday and I'll have to put in an errand day somewhere.

Do others feel the thurs/fri energy gap? Have you rearranged the schedule to adapt for this?

Keep in mind I'm those "3 ring circus days" of three school aged, 1 preschooler, and 2 littles to entertain! The exhaustion sneaks up on me.

Jo

But we do a 4-day week. I pace myself, and the kids. We don't have a "schedule", but work better within a "routine" for frame of reference. That seems to keep us on an even keel during the week. Do you think packing your Mon/Tues may be contributing to your mid-week fatigue?

Which four days we school alternates b/c of DH's work schedule so that the kids are off while he's off. So one week is payday week and he works that Friday. On that week, we school M-W, errand day/groceries and outings on Thursday, and school on Fri. The following week he's off on Friday, so we school M-Th those weeks.

It took me a little while to accomplish that routine, and I know it looks horribly convoluted, but I've got to do groceries ON payday or I'll spend it all on bills and we get cranky when we don't have food. ;) But it is nice to have that grocery day break up the long week.

I've also only got 2 school-aged, one preschooler, one toddler, and one on the way. So I doubt my days are quite as hectic as yours. Though they may get there shortly! LOL!

Dy

[WTMindy]

Because we have co-op on T/Th every day seems really full and jam packed. But, for now, the good outweighs the full days.