Aibu to be desperate to find something for weekends away from my kids?

[motherofmanygirls]

Some of my children are home educated because they either have autism or learning difficulties which made school a bit of a nightmare for them. I am happy with this BUT I am on my own with them all day everyday, I gave up going to work so that I could care for them.

My dh helps when he's here but he works long hours and so weekends are the only time it's practical for me to have time alone.

What I really want is to go somewhere regular - a job or course or volunteer role . Meeting people or just going shopping is fine once in a while but I just want to have my own thing outside away from kids and schoolwork etc.

I have applied for all sorts of jobs in shops etc but they either tell me I'm overqualified or if I leave the qualifications etc off the application it looks like I've done nothing for 15 years which seems to also put them off.

The same with courses . Volunteer work is more promising but I have yet to find anywhere that 1) needs people 2) doesn't need a car and 3) doesn't require experience in a field I don't have!

My dh doesn't get it he thinks I'm being crazy wanting to take on more but I feel totally stir crazy in the house and neverseeing other adults!

Aibu to want to do something and taking more on?

Have you ever worked in hospitality? We had lots of PT/weekend waiting and bar staff who weren't what you'd think of as typical for the role - older, tons of qualifications, that kind of thing.

Could uou do a course on a Saturday which would mean meeting likeminded people. I totally understad your need for a change.

Could you do an exercise class? A hobby? I did a sewing course for a few months that had me committed to every Saturday for a few weeks

Where do you find the courses I have tried the local colleges but they only have weekday courses.

Is there a local adults college?

I found the sewing class via a facebook advert (not at the college). If there is a hobby you are interested in, if you google/search facebook looking for info (say ' sewing in London' for example) the algorithms should start targeting adverts for you with things you might be interested in.