I am back...at least for the moment. I figured it was about time I take the extra 15 minutes to check in and try to keep things interesting. However, it seems my life has lacked a lot of things interesting lately. Being a working/"stay at home"/homeschooling mom has been quite the challenge for me lately and I basically just feel like I am constantly fighting a mental battle about where I should be, and what I should be doing. When at work trying to get things done, I get caught up late and I feel "I need to be at home working on school". Then when I get home I have things to finish I didn't do at that office, the phone is ringing constantly all through the evening, I have household stuff to take care of and oh yeah...that homeschooling thing too. Did I mention we also have three co-op classes, and 1 field trip a week? Not complaining...just sharing my daily life. I am grateful for my job. Is it ideal? No. But none-the-less ...
We started off as a family of 3 when we finalized Olena's adoption in 2006. 2017 brought many changes and we are now managing our lives as divorced parents who love our daughter more than anything in this world and still love to promote adoption. While I don't blog as much as I use too, I do like to keep updates going at least once a year for those of you who followed our story for the last decade.