So I went back to work today.
{This is not an April fool's.}
I have always thought ever since I had Harper that once my kids were all in school, I would try to find a job - maybe at their school or our church. And that's still a dream of mine. I knew I would go back to work eventually.
In the last few months I have been thinking about Harper going to kindergarten and Hollis going to preschool and I started thinking maybe I could possibly find a part time mostly work from home job next year some time. The field I was in before kids did not have a lot of these jobs before I quit to stay home but now they are much more common so I knew it was possible. I had decided I would wait until maybe January of 2015 and start looking.
And then I got an email from a friend asking if I would be interested to get my feet wet in working. A job exactly like what I had left five years ago was open for a temporary part time position. I'm going to be filling in for the next 12-13 weeks for someone going on maternity leave. It couldn't be more perfect. I am getting to try it out and see how it will work and then I will know for sure whether I am ready to dive all the way back in.
I was so nervous last night I barely slept a wink and my stomach was so upset this morning. It feels so weird to go back to work after being gone five years. I worried I wouldn't remember how to do anything or that things had changed drastically.
My biggest concern is balancing work and family and obviously most of you and millions do the same thing. So it's good to get that view point. I LOVE working. But I also LOVE being home with my girls and have been so thankful to do it. (Even though it's not always a cake walk - I still have been extremely thankful.)
So things are changing a little in our home. I have always done most of the household things because I stay home and I feel like that's my job. Scott is good to help out when I need him but I kind of like those traditional roles. But we are splitting them up a little more to make this work. And I may be saying no to a few things in the next few months that I normally would do.
I will still be blogging but it might be less frequent. Or it might not be. I guess I will just see how it goes. I know I have never been good at emails (and I always want to apologize for that) so I'm assuming that might get worse. (Sorry again). (and I mean that).
I won't be blogging about work or giving any more specifics because I have always felt like there should be boundaries around that. But I did want to share that I am a little busier around here.
Life is full of changes and seasons and I'm kind of excited about entering a new season.
