So once again I have been lost in action. Where does the time go? How does it slip by so fast without a single moment for me to sit and just think (or type quietly by myself)? Even as I sit here at 10 pm, I have a little one who is leaning on me and can't seem to go to sleep in her own bed because she is "scared." Scared of what you may ask? Talking toys....oh honey, I wish you only knew about the things you should be really afraid of like...spiders and snakes and creepy people.
I went back to work full time and this is what happens. All the simple and quiet moments I was thinking would be mine have completely disappeared. I go to bed late and get up early, and yet my day just flies by. I don't seem to have a moment to write like I was starting to enjoy. I knew I should have taken my friend's advice and started on this whole blog thing much sooner.
Here are a few things I have re-learned since going back to work:
1. There is never enough time in the day.
2. Politics at work is something I have always been pretty good at staying clear of.
3. It is nice to have adult conversation when it makes me laugh; however, I still think it is better during happy hour!
4. It is nice when my husband acknowledges how much I did while I stayed home and admits it was a lot now that nothing ever seems to get done.
5. Grading papers after school while trying to help my son with homework is not easy.
6. Grading papers on the weekend....sucks.... My students are not allowed to use that word, but I have to admit it is pretty appropriate.
7. There is never enough time in the day.
8. The realization that my husband is such a huge help is fantastic. It is nice to be a team player.
9. Missing all the things about staying home like a stolen quiet moment is not necessarily a good trade off for a paycheck but the paycheck does help.
10. Going to the gym after school can be a stress reliever and a stress adder depending on the dwindling time of the day!
11. It was going to be so exciting to have a paycheck to buy all the things I wanted but couldn't buy while I stayed home only to find that trying to find the time to get to the mall to get that pretty purse is impossible to find!
I wonder how long it will take me to write again. .......hopefully not as long as I have a few pieces of travel advice I need to share!
