You're Hired...
I've been working about 12 hours a week since Andre came along. It provided me with an outlet outside the home and a little extra money. For a while now, we've been looking at our debt and looking at the expense of adopting again and what we bring in just isn't enough to save in any reasonable amount of time. I have been wondering what we can cut out, what we can give up and really we live quite sparingly so I came to the conclusion that I'd better start thinking about working more than 12 hours a week.
A little while after this discovery, a job opened up at the hotel in the sales department and I applied. On Friday, I found out that I was hired and I am very excited. We found a super place for Andre to go. It is a Daycare/Preschool that is Spanish immersion! He has been going there the last few weeks on my two 6 hour days and he likes it and they are super happy to have him.
So, I will be a working mama and I am looking forward to this new chapter in our lives. There will be some new routines to get used to, we will have to get up a LOT earlier than I am used to and go to bed earlier than PM is used to. I think this will really help me in a lot of ways, I think because I will be working full time I will spend less, eat less and probably want to bake less which in a twofold way will keep my kitchen cleaner and my waste leaner. As far as having Andre somewhere else all day, I feel like he is ready to be in a more structured environment. He seems to get along well with the other kids and the teachers at this new "school". In the long run, I hope that working can help us achieve some good things for our family: 1. Paying off our debt. 2. Saving for a second adoption. 3. Affording a bit bigger house. 4. Affording private school for Andre. Those are the things I'm most excited to see us achieve.
Of course the down side is that I've really come to know a great group of other moms who are home with their kiddos. We have a lot of fun play dates and activities which will probably come to an end. I am hoping that we will stay in touch with our friends and maybe have weekend play dates.
A little while after this discovery, a job opened up at the hotel in the sales department and I applied. On Friday, I found out that I was hired and I am very excited. We found a super place for Andre to go. It is a Daycare/Preschool that is Spanish immersion! He has been going there the last few weeks on my two 6 hour days and he likes it and they are super happy to have him.
So, I will be a working mama and I am looking forward to this new chapter in our lives. There will be some new routines to get used to, we will have to get up a LOT earlier than I am used to and go to bed earlier than PM is used to. I think this will really help me in a lot of ways, I think because I will be working full time I will spend less, eat less and probably want to bake less which in a twofold way will keep my kitchen cleaner and my waste leaner. As far as having Andre somewhere else all day, I feel like he is ready to be in a more structured environment. He seems to get along well with the other kids and the teachers at this new "school". In the long run, I hope that working can help us achieve some good things for our family: 1. Paying off our debt. 2. Saving for a second adoption. 3. Affording a bit bigger house. 4. Affording private school for Andre. Those are the things I'm most excited to see us achieve.
Of course the down side is that I've really come to know a great group of other moms who are home with their kiddos. We have a lot of fun play dates and activities which will probably come to an end. I am hoping that we will stay in touch with our friends and maybe have weekend play dates.