Well it has been a long time without posting and here is why. I had to return to full time employment after my son, Keith, sliced his fingers off in an accident. It's amazing how expensive delicate hand surgeons are. I about had a heart attack the first time I saw the office visit bill. $2500 he bills to my insurance company! I won't even tell you what he billed for the 5 hour surgery. AMAZING! But the man did save my son's fingers and left him with more mobility in them than expected. My son, Kyle, left for the military and is currently stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Brett is now officially a teenager, Ruby hit First Grade, Alora started kindergarten and Ross is almost a preschooler.
Working while having 5 kids at home is not that easy. Luckily I have an amazing husband that helped out at home any way he could. But changes in our life means he will not be able to be as involved and I have had to make some decisions for me that I may not have made otherwise.
As of February 17th, my husband will move to the swing/night shift. This meant for me that I needed to figure out what to do. I am still attending school for my bachlors degree through Western Governor's University and am currently only 27 CU's from my student teaching. (I did 31 CU's in my first term at WGU and 19 in my second term to put that in perspective). The student teaching cohorts only are available for September and January each year but I have to finish all these credits to make it in. Trying to work, be mom, and attend school meant something has to give. So I have chosen to not work full time anymore (much to my co-workers chagrin) and focus on my schooling during the weekdays.
This means getting kids up, making breakfast, brushing hair, getting kids off to on off of buses, changing diapers, managing tantrums, cooking real lunches and dinners, talking to school counselors, cleaning house, trips to the grocery store, and all the rest of the regular stay at home mommy stuff while trying to finish assignments, attend webinars, and knock out research. I am hoping to make the January 2016 cohort which means I need to really get my butt in gear. I am going to keep working on just Saturdays for now and see how that goes.
At least I have my trusty chocolate bar sidekicks to see me through it all.
YEE HAW!!!
