Part-Time

Officially, today is my first day of being a part-time stay at home mom. I asked my boss to cut down to 20 hours/week, which she approved. My part-time status begins today, although I think I'll be working 30+ hours this week since I didn't have much notice.

I'm nervous and somewhat sad to be losing some responsibilities at work. I love my job and my program. But I'm looking forward to having some TIME. Time to sleep, clean my house, eat food that doesn't come in a wrapper. Time to research the best things to do for Hattie, then actually do them with her.

I thought we could handle working opposite shifts, and maybe we could have in other circumstances. But most of my days are spent driving around town to appointments or staff meetings, then I come home, hand off Hattie and go back to work. I'm exhausted, not spending as much time doing her therapies as I'd like and my house is a wreck...I am not exaggerating. So, with spring fast approaching, here's hoping for positive changes.