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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Feeling Buried? Why yes, I am!


At the beginning of last year, I had just transitioned to stay at home mom thanks to our plant closure. I absolutely loved those first few months of time off - the "career transition program" I wanted to enroll in wasn't available until March, and I was free to focus completely on my family and my home. What a blessing that truly was, even though in the back of my mind I was a bit frustrated by the uncertainty of where I was going.

Fast forward to the latter part of last year, as I'm substitute teaching somewhat regularly and preparing to begin my last quarter of the teaching licensure program I started in March. Things are busy but manageable, and our little family is thriving on our new "routine", which included frequent trips to the library and YMCA, as well as gymnastics class one morning a week for Sweetpea.

I took a sub job at the start of December that quickly turned long term - all of a sudden I was working full time again, yikes! It took some serious readjusting to get us all back on an early morning schedule, and to introduce Sugar Plum to the daycare routine she had never really had to get on board with. Then came my schedule for this final quarter...somehow I managed to overlook the fact that I'm taking five classes. So far I'm managing to keep my head above water, but I've gotten very protective of my free time.

I'm trying my best to soak in the bits of time we cobble together as a family, to remember that this is our reality but for a short time, and that this opportunity to teach is a blessing. And I really am enjoying it, which definitely helps. So I'll be pretty scarce around here until April or so, though I hope to get a chance to stop in and say hi now and then. If you'd like to chat, look me up on twitter, where I manage to type one handed while I'm nursing Sugar Plum most nights. ;)

What are you up to these days?




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6 comments:

Marva said...

It's good to hear from you! Hope things ease up soon! Kind of sounds like my summer months on the farm!

We are good but I am fighting a basty staph infection in my sinuses and am looking forward to bladder surgery which had to be postponed. I am getting there though!


Hope to see you around!

Michelle said...

You have a ton on your plate right now, but I love that you've got your focus in the right place - on your family. Protect that free time... and come back to the blog when you can. So glad I got to see you at Blissdom!

Bren Haas said...

We have the hardest job in the world... keeping up with our children! Happy Winter and always remember spring is just a tulip away!

carrhop said...

Loved, loved Sweetpea's comment about our newly adopted neighbor! SO sweet! So good to hear from you and hugs and kisses to you and yours in this busy season!

Blessings!

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