I had an interview yesterday with Jeff Sherman, and he made a comment toward the end of the interview that got me thinking. He basically said, that with the business and homeschooling, I don’t get much alone time.

I pretty much agreed with him.

But I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and I actually do get quite a bit of alone time. I’m alone right now while I’m typing this blog entry.

Ok – so the children are in the soap room bagging soap and I can hear them. But they’re not interrupting me.

Oops – spoke too soon – Hewitt just told me I need to order something.

Maybe this isn’t exactly “alone”. But I’m doing something I want to do. My blog is important to me not for the business. My blog is all about recording our family memories. I lost a lot of years where I was so busy raising young children, that I didn’t spend much time capturing memories. I do have lots of photos, but very few stories to go with them.

I write my blog primarily for my children. They’re my biggest and best followers. They love to read it and watch the videos and look at the photos. So no, I’m not alone when I write my blog, but it really nourishes me.

I’m also alone when I’m on the treadmill. That’s forty five minutes where I’m usually by myself. I usually spend that time sweating reading, dreaming, thinking, and planning.

And if I really need to escape, I can always ignore everybody and everything and lose myself in a good book. I just finished the Count of Monte Cristo and I admit to getting through it (it’s very long) faster than I probably should have. LOL

Since Brett has become old enough to watch her siblings, and especially since Jim now works from home, I usually run errands by myself. Sometimes I’ll take a child or two for some one-on-one time, but usually it’s just me. I get a lot of quiet time then.

I don’t go away by myself or spend any time at the spa or doing stuff with girl friends. But I don’t feel deprived. I guess I’m fortunate that I generally enjoy being with my husband and my children. I really don’t feel the need to get away from them and have “me” time.

In fact, if I ever do feel like I need to get away from the house, I usually take Jim with me. It’s much more fun to be with him than by myself, anyway. We’ve actually been meaning to get out just the two of us to celebrate surviving 2010. We may have to make an effort to do that tonight. Otherwise, before I know it, 2012 will be here!