Well, a lot has happened in the last year+. Life is just this organic, always changing thing. To go from daily activities being the same to an extreme shake up is a bit difficult to accept.
Our son has started preschool. He goes 3 full days a week, which in turn enables me to job hunt, clean, and sort of decompress. Anyone who said I would become a Stay At Home Mom when I was laid off 4+ years ago, I'd have laughed at them. However, it has encompassed so much of the last 3 and a half years. Most days go really well, while others I hide in the bathroom while my mom keeps an eye on lil man....so I can cry. To go from an "ideal" of thinking "My blog will be my main source of income"(psh, yeah right) to now applying for ANY job is a shock. Most people cannot stand the dull desk jockey job, whereas I thrived in my cubicle; decorated with photos of myself and the Hubs at our wedding, our crazy corgis, and general interests. OH! I had a 5 gal fish tank at my desk! True story! Wait, the rambling self is coming out. **FOCUS** To go from a professional, high stress job....to submitting applications to CLEAN (No hate, just not what I am used to) has been sort of a shock and a shake up for me.
But, now with the impending holidays...and realizing how BROKE we are....it sucks. At the beginning of April, we were looking to buy our first place. My (stupid) appendix had other ideas: ER admittance, followed by a CT scan showed it was the size of a grapefruit, thus needed to be removed. 3 day hospital stay and my Hubs staying home to take care of myself and lil man since per the doctor, I wasn't to lift over 5lbs. for 6 WEEKS. That screwed us financially.
Fast forward to present day- with lil man being in preschool (he needs little people socialization) it has become abundantly clear how BADLY I need to find work. There was something in the works for the end of September, alas it never came off. If only there were a way to be paid for attending to a rambunctious toddler while entertaining him, doing enrichment activities and trying to keep him eating balanced meals....but there is no such thing unless you work at a daycare/preschool.
I had a direction when I first started writing, but now it just seems to have become a "What the hell has been going on/catch-up" post.
I am thankful for my Health- that my appendix did not burst, that my Hubs and Lil Man are healthy and happy. Could we use more money, sure. But we have love and happiness in spades. And I am excited to have made our first Thanksgiving yesterday for my side of the family: my mom, sister, brother-in-law and nephew. I will post photos next week! And I am thankful to be spending the later part of today with my wonderful Mother and Father-in-law as well as my Brother-in-law and Lil Mans great Grandma.
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What are you Thankful for this Thanksgiving Day? Are you traveling to be with family??
