What an emotional roller coaster! I informed my boss today that I would be leaving my job at the end of the school year next month. I've been in her shoes and I know how hard it is right now to find good people who are qualified to do the job I've been doing. So, my empathetic self felt terrible telling her, but at the same time I am excited and looking forward to the new journey ahead of me!
Officially I am quitting my job to be a stay-at-home mommy for several months. With our recent tax return we were able to pay off all our remaining school loans and with the money we've been saving to pay for childcare, we will be able to afford me to stay home without a job for a while! Eventually, probably sometime after the baby arrives I will need to get a small part time job to help make ends meet...but in the mean time my life-long desire to be a mom and housewife will come true!
We are going to be homeschooling our older children starting this fall and the research and how-to seminars have begun! It is exciting because I love lesson planning and putting curriculum together. It is terrifying because I want to do it well and I know my own personality faults that will create challenges as well as the challenge of introducing a newborn into our lives at the beginning of a school year! Pray for us! I am full of hope and trusting God to lead as I go into this chapter of life!
