Nine to Five

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.



And turns out ........I absolutely LOVED it. It might just be like riding a bike after all.
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. Kelly