Sometimes I wish I could just sit back and just breathe. Things are so crazy with work and extra stuff. I wouldn't trade my kids schedule for anything, but I just wish I could maintain things. Basketball is back in full force, and as busy as it is, I love every minute of being a basketball mom. There is just some sort of pride that comes over me to see my kids out on the court doing what they love to do.
I work Monday-Friday for early morning care from 7-8 am. On Tuesday-Thursday, I then work at a preschool from 9-1:15 working with 2 year olds. I have 9 of them (except Wednesdays we only have 4) and I love them, but they completely wear me out!! Once I am done with that, I pick up a friend's daughter at 2:40 and take her to the middle school to her mom, who works at the middle school campus. On Mondays and Wednesdays I do aftercare until 5:30-6. The days I don't do that, there are either basketball games going on or I take Jenna to practice from 5-6:30 near down town Raleigh. Most of my Mondays and Fridays are taken up by subbing or if not, I get a head start on my cleaning job. I clean the church for Southside church usually on Fridays, but if my schedule is too crazy I do it on Saturdays. I also vacuum the middle school on Friday afternoons.
So you can see that some nights are very crazy. I am so thankful that the kids have started going to the grocery store for me on Wednesdays and Jenna also cooks dinner on Wednesday nights. I don't know what I would do without them doing this for me. I am also strongly considering giving up the preschool after Christmas break. I love the kiddos, but the pay is crazy awful and taking too much of my time. I am hoping to find more opportunities to sub. I don't want to have nothing to do, but I do want to breathe, so finding that balance is the key right now. It will be hard for me to tell the director if I do decide to quit. She is a personal friend of mine who gave me the job....her kids go to Southside. Her son is in Jacob's class and plays bball with Josh and her daughter plays bball with Jenna.
