I didn't mean to kick you in the pants. Sorry about that. At least you liked it.
I just meant that I think homeschooling makes it harder to balance, and sometimes it's easier to just say "Nah, it's not worth the effort." Well, this is one that for me has been worth the effort. YMMV, naturally.
Well, maybe HS ing doesn't make it harder exactly--in some ways it's easier because there ARE actually more hours in the day to spend with your kids--but it is different than what those of us who are "emergency HSers" expected parenting to look like, and I've found that I had to spend some time figuring it all out. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm utterly sympathetic! I'm having to figure it out, too, and I've fallen on my face a few times. Hard. Not pretty.
Without question the biggest problem for me with HSing was the one you ID'd in your first post: how do you HS more than one kid, give everyone what they need, and not go nuts, especially if you're an introvert who needs time alone!?
So maybe I'm IDing with your question more than I should...
At least you're a "mean mom" like me, so you don't think I'm a bad person for suggesting these things.
That could be unpleasant.
I laugh when I hear about the stereotype of HSd kids as shrinking violets who won't leave mom's side. Not my kids! I'm encouraging independence at every opportunity, and manufacturing some opportunities to boot!
But as you know, there's a long way between age 2 and age 4. My younger one was into everything, too--remind me to tell you sometime how he managed to pull fiberglass insulation out of the wall of a childproofed room!--and there's just not much you can do until they get older. I hear that!
I just wanted to suggest that even so, you need to make time for yourself. You have to be a priority.
Another thought: our YMCA has free babysitting with a family membership. There is a sliding fee scale, and even at full price, a family membership is something like $80 per month. With three kids at the going rate around here, you'd break even if you'd go for 6 or 7 hours a month, and you can use them 2 hours per day every day except Sunday. That's some 56 hours of child care for the cost of 7 hours. It's a steal! And you can use the gym and pool facilities or the sauna and hot tub while you're there if you want. Or read. Or listen to music. Or stare at the wall in peace and quiet! It might be worth looking into.
Just another thought...