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[quote=Anonymous]I have a horse and I take lessons on him twice a week and hack him one to two times a week. I also travel to horse shows throughout the year. (I was in NC for a week in December, I am going to FL for a week in February and for two weeks in March). I work a full-time job and have third-grade twins. I ride after work during the week and on those evenings my husband is with the kids. On the weekends the time is usually whenever is convenient for our schedule.

I also exercise regularly, and I do this generally before the kids get up in the morning during the week, although sometimes if my day doesn't start until a little later I'll do it after they get on the bus.

I work from home, which allows me to have breakfast with the family in the morning and I don't leave until the kids have gotten off the bus after school, so while I miss dinner on those evenings and sometimes get home after they have gone to bed, we still have lots of together time. We also don't work weekends so those are pretty much all family time. My husband also works from home so we have lunch together most days, so we also spend time together.

In my mind, having a spouse who contributes 50% to the household is key, as is having a schedule in place before the week starts so you can plan for everything you want to accomplish. My husband and I swap who gets the kids ready for school, who handles the dogs, who takes the kids to the bus, who picks the kids up from the bus, who helps with homework, etc. We have a schedule that obviously changes if one of us has work travel or has to be in the office or whatever but that allows us to plan ahead because I know, for example, that I am not getting the kids ready tomorrow morning so I can plan my workout accordingly - if I have early calls I'll work out and be in the kitchen by breakfast, if I don't have early calls I may sleep in later and work out after breakfast.

For what it's worth, I didn't start riding again until my kids were older - I paused doing it when they were babies because there was no way to work it out with my job at the time, where we lived, and their schedules. OP, it sounds like you could make this work with your kid, but your husband needs to step it up. That's fine if he wants to be a homebody, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't have to take the kid to sports, etc. He needs to suck it up and help you out. Pick the class you want to do and talk to him about how to make it work. You only have one kid and he's only 8 (I'm assuming), so don't wait another 8 years to do something for yourself![/quote]

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