Changes and Choices

As a mother and a wife I want to be able to provide more for my family. I want to contribute to paying the bills and still have all the time in the world for my kids. On Monday I had a job interview and was hired to start in one week. I was super excited that I was going to be bringing home a 40 hour a week check. I hadn't had a full time job in over 6 years. That was pre-kids. The more everything sunk in I started to become very overwhelmed. I needed to find a sitter for Brayden for 2 1/2 weeks, get a physical, take the kids to get their yearly check ups, register Brayden for school, find an after school daycare for Brayden, fill out a ton of paper work, work Tuesday and Wednesday at Mothers Day Out, and 2 hours of orientation at the new job. All of this needed to be done by Friday. The more I thought about everything that was about to change really terrified me. The biggest thought that really weighed me down was thinking of next summer and not being able to spend time with my boys at the lake, pool, park or with friends. The thought of them sitting in a daycare from 8-6 Monday through Friday really tore me up. So I have been debating on whether to actually take this new job or to stay at Connell where I love all the kids, teachers, and parents.

I've been thinking it over all day and talking to Tate and friends about it. I truly believe that the best thing for my family and myself is to continue working at Connell. A few things have happened today that I can't go in to full detail about until it actually goes through. If everything works out the way it is thought to then things should be pretty great.