Well, here it is Oct 2, 2006.  It has been a while since I registered here but I am finally able to start to blog.

I know that everyone feels the time crunch.  I know I certainly do.  If I think of all the things I need to do, then I feel overwhelmed and I don't get anything done.

My biggest problem with my writing is finding time.  I know that some say that if it is important then I will make time.  Well, how to you make time when you are homeschooling a special needs child as a single parent?  We just started the school year.  As usual my son begins each day complaining about school.  I work hard to make school interesting.  Not good enough.  He hates to read, write, and do math.  lol.  If it includes any of those three, welll, he doesn't want to do it.

We all have to do things we don't want to do.  That is part of life.  How do I teach my son that lesson?  Teaching him is a full time job. 

I am also taking two writing classes.  I need to devote a couple of hours a day per class.  Take the last two weeks since we started school, I have only studied fifteen minutes.  That is not acceptable.  These writing classes are very important for my writing future.  My writing is the key to my future success.  So my writing must take on a full time priority also. 

School takes about 25 hrs a week between teaching and planning.  I need to spend at least 3 hrs a day (18 hrs a week) with school.  Then there is my writing of my book.  I am about 2/3rd of the way through my second book.  My first one is waiting for revision.  Then there are the three other books just sitting there on the back burner waiting to be written.  So lets see, about two hrs a day, twelve hrs a week, needs to be put aside as a minimum for actual writing on my books.

Unfortunately, I must sleep at least six to seven hrs a night.  That is 42-49 hrs a week.  Other time consumers that occur on a daily basis are email (15 hrs wk+), church and spiritual activities (12 hrs wk), etc.  That is not counting eating, driving to places, cleaning house, and working part time.  I think if I could exist without sleeping, then I would have enough time to do all that I need to do.  That is about 50 hrs of time I would have to study and write.  That would be great.

I wrote out a schedule a few weeks ago, planning for the new school year.  I had everything planned so that I could get most of everything done.  Well, guess what?  Life doesn't happen on a schedule.  Schooling my son has exploded to fill hours more than it needs to fill.  I must conquer this or I will not be able to get anything accomplished in my writing plans.

I know that there are others that handle homeschooling a special needs child and a life.  There has to be a way.  I just wish that someone would point that way out to me.

I will get there.  I have too much riding on the fact of my writing to support myself and my son.  I have given myself three years to be to the point where I am supporting the two of us by my writing.  One of those years have passed.  If I can just get through with my schooling, then I know that I will be able to do it.  THAT must take on a priority.  It must.

Ok, tomorrow is a new day, a new beginning.  I will face the new day with hope of the future.  I will love my son with patience while I attempt to open up to him a love of learning.  With God's help, I can do this.  With this blog, I am taking another step in my writing career.