Working from home + homeschooling

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I’ve been working from home as an independent contractor for 15 years already. I went through that easy-going married life without kids, to getting pregnant and having babies, to raising toddlers and sending kids to school while chasing deadlines and delivering the goods to my editors and publishers. And in most of those years, we did not have a regular housekeeper or a stay-in nanny to assist. Now I’m entering another phase as a work-at-home mom: writing from home and homeschooling my girls. It may seem daunting at first, but I actually have a few things to be thankful for: • I’ve got my laptop and Internet working properly. My netbook is some years old now and may need to retire later this year, but it works and it makes me write articles that get sold in the marketplace. • My girls are a bit grown now and they understand fully well that Mommy needs that writing time. They hardly ever bother me when they see me pecking on the keyboard furiously. Through the years, they’ve learned to entertain themselves and get creative on their own while I’m working. • There’s always that course syllabus. Since my daughters’ school suspended online learning for the 3rd term, I thought to just guide them through their textbooks and course outlines. We study MWF because those are days when they are not allowed gadgets and must focus on study, play, chores, art and music. So far, I haven’t got complaints. LOL. They’re used to alternative homeschooling during summer breaks, so I guess I don’t need to work so hard on positive reinforcement. Everything seems okay. I just miss my usual Saturday mornings at a coffee shop making article drafts and notes while my second daughter is having piano lessons at a music studio one floor above.