As most of my regular readers know, I have been home with my babies for the past three years. I swear it doesn’t seem that long. In August, the little one started Kindergarten, and I wasn’t sure what I would do with all my free time. I decided that I would use this extra time to figure out a way to really monetize my blog and increase my Social Media presence for my Etsy Shop. And, if you have ever done this or if you are in the process of doing that you know … it is no easy feat. I had my plan and I was working my way down my list. Add more items to the Shop, Increase the Number of Daily Posts for Twitter and Instagram. Clean up My SEO on older posts, Re-write my About Me Page. Just to give you the general idea.
Fast forward three weeks and I get a call from the School System where I used to work at, asking if I was interested in being a sub for a few days. I wasn’t sure honestly what to think of it. I was not sure if I would be able to keep up with the blog and my Social Media postings. (More on that in another blog to post later this week.) But, I knew that it would be a way to stack away some extra money for Christmas. Two days turned into one week and then two. Turns out I forgot more than I thought about the balancing act that comes with being in the office all day and then having to come home to Job #2 (Mommy). If it sounds like I am complaining honestly, I am not. I was super grateful for the opportunity. I just had to readjust thankfully on a learning curve.
Lucky for me, I have a pretty amazing husband, who never misses a beat. I have to be to work by 7:30, which means Dad had to be on duty for the drop off and lunch detail. I tried the first couple of days to make the lunches the night before, but that was short lived. I get off at 3:45, which means I was leaving the office just as the girls were getting off the school bus. So by the time I got home they had been there for about a half an hour. It is a little harder to extract details about their day, but I pulled it out of them. On their news front, baby girl was the line leader, and our oldest daughter, is loving Math right now.
When I get in the house, I have about 30 minutes to unwind and then its homework time. I am normally wrapped up in that for a good hour. Then its time to make dinner. On a good day I can cook and get out of the kitchen by 7:30. And, then its TV time.. bed time.. and prep for the next day.
