My hubby and I had our first date night in a year, and it was absolutely fabulous to get together with Sarah and Ryan sans kids, and miraculously, without too much kid-related conversation. A great meal at our traditional restaurant, and a great visit to their home. Sarah's wedding dress is beautiful, and I can't wait to help her in any way I can over the next year. Wedding Crashers was of course a hit, too - for some reason, hubby and I find we can actually catch a movie after the girls are in bed now, so that's great.
Last night was also Daylight Savings Time (the 'bad' one in which we lose an hour of sleep), which I usually gripe about, but which I don't really care about since the girls at the grandparents' anyway. But for some reason my mind woke up to the sump pump (checked it and it was just fine) and wouldn't shut off ... at 4 am NEW time. So yay me, I got a total of four hours of sleep and here I am at almost 8am and have been up for four hours! Yikes!
But - on our kidless overnight, we intend to complete a bunch of hard-to-do-with-the-kids-around household tasks today before we pick them back up, and my mind pushed forward to them. Might just as well get up.
And so now here I am, four hours later, and the MOMS Club newsletter is all done, sent to the President, Club bank statement and ledger reconciled, Preschool Playgroup flyer sent to all my like-minded momma friends, cinquain project complete (Woo hoo! 400 linked cinquains completed in 365 days! - Now let's see what happens as I edit and market the project or chunks of the project), of course emails checked.
On top of all of that, though, still stand the big thoughts weighing heavily on my mind:
1. House-hunting - we'll be visiting one more open house this afternoon on our way to pick up our lovelies - there's a lot of work involved in a move, and in selling our house, going through our 7 plus years of crap, weighing options of reconciling perfect house for house we'll 'settle' for in the school district we desire. So much involved with all elements.
2. Imminent loss of my income as a daycare provider, and the proposals for alternative income, including opening my home to additional children now and/or when the current family moves on to stay at home mom status in a few weeks, and including the application for a teacher or teacher's aide position at the girls' preschool. I am a certified English teacher whose primary experience has been in the secondary and post-secondary education field (and that's where my passion remains ... to potentially return to when my kids are both in school full time), but a year at the preschool level between my Bachelor's and Master's provided me with great experiences, and I wouldn't mind going back to benefit the family and the school that gives my daughter such great experiences. And to top that all off, I have been approached by two RIT Master's students for me to work as their thesis editor (I have been freelance editing for Master's in Graphic Design program students for the past two years). They were referred by the previous year's students, so how can I say no - my freelance editing gig relies on these referrals, so here we go another round. I just hope they are as responsible with their time as some of the past thesis students!
Anyway. I've spent enough time away from the 'list' of things to do before the girls return, so now I'll go see what I can salvage from my old resume (gosh, a year and a half doing daycare as my only 'real' source of income makes me wonder what I can and cannot put on my resume ... maybe I'll revamp its sections ...) Off I go.
Until next time, I hope the muse inspires you!
