I have 3 (almost 4) weeks until school starts up. A lot of my teacher friends are already heading into their classrooms, planning, going to meetings and trainings. And I think about the life I chose to leave behind. As a substitute teacher I was gearing up for the new year. "Selling myself" to teachers I guess is the best way to put it. This is about the time that I would start reminding my teacher friends that I was still subbing and not to forget about me when they needed to take a "mental health" day. But now I am not in that place. I purposely discarded the sub renewal email the moment I received it so I wouldn't be tempted to go back to work for the extra cash. I loved subbing. I really did! I enjoy kids, teachers, the education system, and the structure. I loved being a support to those people I know work their butts off to teach kids from all walks of life how to grow well rounded lives and be ready to reach their dreams. But this year is different. I am not subbing next year.
Teachers that I would run into over the summer were asking if I was enjoying being a SAHM now. And to be honest, nothing is different yet. I ended my job when the school year was over. So my summer looks the way it did the last 7 years. Ask me in 4 weeks how I am feeling and I am sure I will have a different answer. Because along with not working, Nathan is going to school on a different schedule. Zachary and I will have 3 mornings together by ourselves. Joel will be home with the whole family twice a week. And I am still learning on how to live with a single income that every other week (when I subbed there was a pay check every week).
But let's forget that school is starting and remember that we have 4 more weeks of summer to enjoy! And let's take a look back at how we spent our summer so far!
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| Playdates |
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| Children's Museum |
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| Swim lessons |
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| Water park |
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| Boys being boys |
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| Still working on the remodel |
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| And some amazing little boy turned 2 |
