Life

Life is about to get back to normal here in the next few weeks. Aaron hasn't worked since Halloween Day. Some plans didn't go accordingly and he ended up with a few more weeks at home than we had previously planned. It has been nice to have him around so much. Our kids have especially enjoyed his presence. He starts his new job next Tues. the 13th. We have been waiting for this since he got the job offer last September. I think he is very ready to start. He has been twiddling his thumbs a bit with boredom and I didn't know someone could sleep so much. ;) Almost there...

As for me I am ready to get back to a routine. Back to preschool, back to regularly gym attendance, back to church meetings, and now figuring out when to do my new job. Two months ago I was blessed to get a stay at home job with a company that creates, maintains, and updates school websites. I am still in the training phase and probably will be for a few more months. So far I love it. I make my own hours, have something that has nothing to do with my mommy life, and am getting paid for it. I do all things related to content updating for schools. Sometimes I even get to write for the websites. There has been a major learning curve, but I would like to think that I am getting the hang of it. I am just so grateful to have it.

For years, I had looked and prayed to find a job I could do at home, that didn't require set hours or a designated quiet space. There is no such thing as a quiet space when you have kids. No such job ever appeared. I found a lot of fake jobs, I even tried taking surveys. I know some people who have legitimately made extra cash from survey taking. I only make one whole dollar after a month of diligent survey taking. That's when I slowly started watching kids. Obviously, the Lord knew that for me and our family at that time, watching kids was what I needed to be doing. Once, I got over the fact that I was watching kids, I was never one who liked watching kids growing up... ever, I actually found some pride in taking care of children. I liked getting to talk to grown-ups everyday when they dropped of their kids. As Daisy started to grow all the kids did was play by themselves for hours. It was nice. I was also nice to help ease the financial burdens. During all of this time Aaron was working and going to school 70 plus hours every week, with military stuff thrown in every so often. He is a hard worker and I liked helping him.

Even while watching kids I still looked for a job I could do at home, still nothing came along until last September. A friend of mine thought I would be good for an opening in the company she worked for. One thing lead to another and I got the job. The timing of course is ironic. The moment I don't really need to work, I find the job I was wanting for years. Obviously, I am doing it and trying my best. I am excited to have this option. I was looking to go to school and finish the second half of my bachelors as soon as it made financial sense to do so. But, it hasn't felt right, I needed to be fully in my kids lives. So this has been a nice way to earn a little extra cash, and still be fully present at home.

My Mom told me before I had kids that I should always pray that I can be able to stay home with them. I know that I am not a perfect Mom. I have only been one four short years, but I am thankful for answered prayers, the Lord's timing, a hard working husband, and two kids.