A New Chapter.

Oh joy!!!

I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. I am quitting my job.

I have known for a few weeks and I couldn't tell anyone. But, as of Sunday, the news will be public, so I wanted to share here first.


Lots of things flow through my head. Fridays off- no school, no work.

Finished laundry.

Trips to the store.

Shaved legs.

Time by myself without the pressure of "work"

The ability to just "go to church"

See, the list goes on and on... I am ready to begin this new chapter.
My departure is bittersweet. It is scary, in some ways, to lose my income. I know I am secure in my job, but emotionally, it is tearing my to shreds. I am tired of talking about it, complaining about it.

So, here I go! Only two weeks left. I get to finish my senior year in college by studying, being a mom and getting caught up on the laundry.

Woot! Woot!

Weekend. And Eli is big.

Well, the kids have been out of school most of the week. Dave has been at home being the mom since I have now became a working mom. Not only a working mom, mind you, but a working, going to school mom. I am emotionally exhausted. But, I like my job. And I like a check. I just have to find my balance.

Yesterday afternoon, I took Eli to get a couple of things for school - things of the clothing persuasion. The cute boy who told me only two years ago that " Walmart is fine" when I asked him where he wanted to school shop - well, that boy is no more. He is still cute, yes, handsome and growing up quick. But he has been replaced with a boy that likes American Eagle, Aeropostle, Ambercrombie and all that stuff that makes me have to get a job. Standing in the store with him, I helped him pick out jeans. Not just jeans. Jeans in the MAN section. More specifically, he is no longer in the kid sizes. He wears a 28/30. How did this happen? I started out with this cute- Tommy off of the Rugrats - baby. He lay on my lap, and looked at me with those big eyes. He was so skinny and cute. Now I have a boy/man that will be 13 in a couple of weeks. Only a few years until he goes to college. Where did the time go? My first baby is big.

So, I leave you with a picture of my first born boy. Ah, Eli, I love you so much. The first time I held you was absolute magic. You made me a momma.

Eli and Matt this past summer.