Well I'm a single mother, my daughter is 7, will be 8 in December. It definitely is a challenge, but I make it a priority still. I go directly after work and utilize the after school care at her school. Then when we get home I shower and head straight to the kitchen to prepare dinner, we're usually home by 5/5:30. She does her homework in afterschool and I check it after dinner, while she's in the tub and we work on anything that requires it when she gets out. I give her 30 minutes of free time while I make her lunch and write any notes I need to her teacher. We read and it's about bedtime. I manage to run back and forth to the computer to chat on here as dinner is cooking or lunch is being made, sometimes while she's in the tub if her homework is correct.
After a while it becomes a routine and you're just on autopilot. My daughter has cheerleading and tennis lessons too so those nights have their own schedule. I've begun taking lessons too which is a work out all its own and on her cheerleading nights, I do (try to)
strength training at home once she goes to bed and the day before I make something that's easy to reheat so we can a have leftovers for dinner....something like spaghetti or something.
At the Y they have scheduled activities for the kids while the adults work out and she's VERY excited about that.
In addition to being silly I sometimes ramble...did I answer your question. LOL
