Yesterday was a busy day. Forgot about the blog...I did take my temp though, and it was 97.9. Today it is 97.5. I think it's supposed to be around 98 degrees, but it's close enough. Weird thing is that I feel like my temp is much higher sometimes. These hot flashes are crazy.
My mood has been upbeat and happy lately. Bryan has been working until 8 or 9 at night so, it's been fun getting home, taking care of the house and having dinner ready for him when he gets here. I usually work until 6 or 7 so, he beats me home usually. I know he's tired, but I'm enjoying taking care of him, and making the house something nice to come home to.
This week at work, I have had a colleague in town for training. Her name is Kelly, and she's a recruiter in Seattle. The company sent her to Omaha to train with me. We were talking today about having children and balancing a career. She has a young son, so she had some great advice for me. Setting boundaries at work, and staying true to what really matters...which is family. I wonder how I'll be able to do that. I can be obsessive about being successful and having a career. However, I really wish I could stay at home. Who can do that anymore!?!?!? Our society requires both parents to work to really have a good living. Sometimes I think if we simplified our life, we could afford to have me stay home but, then I wake up!
I don't mind working. I have since I was 14, and I enjoy my career. I just wish I had more time to do things I like to do. It seems as though whenever I have time off, we spend it either taking care of house stuff or other obligations. I know when we have a child this will be difficult and we'll have to prioritize our time.
Kelly mentioned her friend today who has 3 children. One of them was named Reese. I think I like that name for a girl. Reese Davis. Is that cool? I like it.... We always seem to come back to the name Kate for a girl though, and call her Katie. Still not quite sure about a boy's name. We love the name Jackson but, it's such a popular name now. eh, we'll figure it out.
Good night!
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I'm a SAHM after having a career so it's definitely possible. Your right about simplifying your life. Going from 2 incomes to 1 is a BIG change and can seem really scary at first. I think if you truly want to stay home and have a great support system, you just kinda make it work and everything falls into place. It's the little things that add up. And a lot of it you realize wasn't even that important after it's gone. Just to give you a small idea of some of the things we did..we canceled our cable ($80 savings a month) and only use an antenna (FREE). We still get 14 channels way our here in BFE. Everything is available to watch online anyway. Besides, once babies arrive who has time for TV. :) I quit highlighting my hair and went back to my natural mousy brown color ($80 savings every 8 or so weeks), We started meal planning, limited take out to once a week and started making almost everything we ate from scratch (even as a family of 4 our grocery bills are now lower than when it was just Eric and I. (saving = $20-$50 a week). One big thing for us is we down-sided our home and moved to a lower cost of living area. I know this isn't possible for a lot of people but it worked for us. Even though we took a $50,000 pay cut, we also lower our monthly mortgage from $1,400 a month to $700 a month. There are so many pro's and con's to staying home vs being a working mom. Being a SAHM is the hardest job I've ever had....but it's also the most rewarding. I plan on going back to work when my youngest starts kindergarten. I figured taking 6 years away from the corporate world to raise my babies was the way to go...for me. Not only because it was benefiting the kids...but more importantly it was benefiting me. They most likely wouldn't remember 99% of the stuff we did together the first 5 years of their life. But I would remember. And I wasn't willing to miss that for anything.
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