Changes

In January and February, I interviewed for a job. After three interviews they decided to hire someone else. At the beginning of March they called and asked if would do a contract position for them. I met with them again. I was told last week that they would indeed hire me to do the contract. I just received the contract so can now make the announcement that I am going back to work.

The job will only last 8 weeks, but it is something. In these economic times you take what you can get. Also, it is a job I know I can do and can do well. It will definitely be different getting up and going to work in the mornings. I have not had to do that in two years. I mean I worked, but I worked remotely from my home. I did not need to get dress, brush my hair, or even brush my teeth if I didn't feel like it. Now I must get up and look presentable before I walk out the door in the mornings. It is also a one hour commute each direction, so I will have to get use to that as well. I better make sure my coffee pot is set to brew at 6am.

Caleb will be going to "school" full time during this period. He has been going to preschool since October so he is comfortable with this center and his teachers. He will just have to get use to taking a nap after lunch instead of coming home. Luckily, most days Aaron will be able to pick him up shortly after nap time so that shouldn't be too bad.

Campbell is the trickiest. All the afterschool care programs are filled and she would only need to be in them for 30 minutes at most anyway, so we have had to be creative with our schedules to make it work for her. We think we have this figured out. Will report later on how it's working.

Aaron's work schedule won't change too much. He will still go in at 6am and leave at 2:30. He will be responsible for all the afternoon childcare pickups. He hasn't had this responsibility consistently since I was in college when Campbell was just little. He will also be responsible for dinners since I won't be home until after six.

These next 2 months will require a lot of juggling on all of our parts, but we will make it work.