single parenting

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Discussions about single parenting. Venting is ok. Celebrating also ok. For all of us who are raising kids without the financial or emotional support of the other half.

Behind on christmas shopping 🫣
(translation: I haven't started yet)
pretty sure hackathon builders don't normally have school drop off in the morning
high school education has been discouraging - is that bc i'm in blue collar community?
Are ypu using AI at home? Yesterday, my niece and I gave chatgpt a list of ingredients we already had and asked it to give us a cookie recipe with measurements for a big family. My niece and I were laughing, while we baked and talked about robots, and the rest of the kids joined us in the kitchen when they smelled cookies baking, so it was a very fun time 🥰
I got up at 4:30 thinking it was 5:30. Got a long travel day with the kids ahead of me, a red eye flight tomorrow for leg 2, and a car ride.

Don’t AMA
Phoenix said i'm like Sarah Connor from Terminator 🥰
Forgot to buy bread. Made cinnamon rolls instead.
High School kept covid practices of having most everything in software. But the fucking UX is total shit! Before the kids even get to the course material, they havta navigate lists of links, nested in lists if nested lists of links, like an invisible labyrinth.
if i seem distracted today, i'm actually super focused on hunting down something we CanNot go without!!!
Today at 4pm I have to
- make sure kid#4 is in her music class
- attend kid#4 parent-teacher meeting (gonna skip kid#3 parent-teacher meeting)
- attend Octant's growth accelerator call
How many parent teacher meetings will be planned on the same time and day this year?
Today is the last day of 14 days without kids. Not feeling guilty of having enjoyed every single day
After 2.5 weeks on the road with the kids I happily handed them over to granny.
Happy because they were happy to see granny.
Happy because I'm looking forward to "me time".
Happy because when asked what they learned about themselves they said "family is fun"
working from home during summer break. = 24/7 interuptions
I always have been really uncomfortable with the label “super mom”.

One part could be the covert Christian upbringing.

Another part is the image of a super hero - lone strong person that saves the day - that feels suffocating.
Me telling the kids to have breakfast now

Also me realising we don’t have food and I have to do the groceries. Now
I’m trying to make myself a salad since 5 o’clock. 80 minutes later and it’s still not done