I am going to start at the end-Mother's Day. We spent some time with both of our families and it was fun to get out of our house to relax, otherwise I would have been cleaning, doing laundry, and organizing after the first birthday party we had on Saturday. The kids and hubby had cards and cute gifts they made at school for me! At my parents house I drank my first sweet tea out of a mason jar and Lilly and I had manicures and pedicures and we also had a nice brunch made by my dad. After the kids took naps we headed to Tommy's parents where we played outside and had a nice dinner and dessert!
Saturday was busy and fun! We celebrated Tommy's first birthday with family and friends! I was sad that it rained just before his party started but we still had a good time!
It was a weekend of parties-Friday we had a blast at their school's 20th Birthday party!
Thursday was Tommy's actual birthday. I took off of work and Lilly stayed home from school to have a special day with Tommy. We had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts and had a family dinner and dessert with presents at home.
So the start of my week-what kicked off this whirl wind...I found out that I was offered a job. A job I prayed about, a job I wanted SO bad. A job that made everything else make sense as in "I am so glad things didn't work out for me before" (yes everything DOES happen for a reason), a job that I felt like I needed to be doing-it was meant to be, a job that would give me something I longed for-TIME with my kids (without actually being a stay at home mom). I have decided to take the jump and leave higher ed. It is bittersweet and sort of scary leaping from something you have been doing for 9 years! While I am going to be in a different environment, I am still going to be using my higher ed experience-starting in July I am going to be a college counselor at a wonderful Catholic high school that is (get this) 5 minutes from my house. I gain almost 2 hours each day of my life back in the commute alone. That is HUGE. It's also an 11 month position so I get to work part time in the summer.
Ever since having Tommy I struggled with balancing work and home life. It's not easy (is being a mother ever easy no matter if you work or stay home!?) I knew that being a full time stay at home mom wasn't for me and I did love my job! Ideally I would have loved to work part time but with day care costs it just didn't make sense nor was it really possible with where I was. I didn't really want to leave my job yet I was 45 minutes to an hour away from my kids. When daycare called about a bump or a fever I ran-sometimes finding out it was nothing or I felt awful for not being able to get there sooner. Sick days-I was the one who for the most part stayed home. Not because Tommy couldn't-but because I wanted to be there for them. This opportunity sort of fell in front of me-I like to believe it was meant to be-and I had to take a chance. Turns out it's going to be pretty perfect. I am so happy!
So that's what's going on around these parts. :) I still cannot believe that I have a 1 year old AND 3 year old. We are having so much fun. I am looking forward to what lies ahead! Thanks for reading!
No comments:
Post a Comment