I have always been proud of my desire to teach the early childhood years. I remember my first education class at Ashland and the light that went on in my head. This was what I'm suppose to do. Yes the pay is going to suck, there will be those parents who drive you crazy as well as students who you just want move to another state. But even with those negatives I still loved the idea of being a teacher. I think that is why becoming a stay at home mom was such a hard decision. How will I keep busy? Do I have to watch Barney? How will she learn to socialize if she's not in school? When will I have "me" time? After all of these questions I am happy to say that I have the same feeling about being a stay at home mom as I did that first day in Ashland as an Education Major!
I love spending time with my other stay at home mom friends, however since most of them are expecting their second child I know how busy they will be, and getting together for coffee in the morning will have to wait. So I went on line and joined the South Durham Mom's group. Thank you Anna Dawn for reminding me what a social butterfly I was. Alexandra loves playing with the other kids, and everything we try to do is mostly free. As for me time...that's what naps are for. Oh and cleaning the house in case someone wants to come and look at it.
It took 3 weeks but I can feel the stress of not working is just about gone. I still have dreams about teaching and have woken up a couple times thinking I had an early morning meeting that day.
I wonder who else has had a stress full time leaving the professional world to become a stay at home mom? Just a thought.
Cheers
Katie
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