Starting work… again.

Today was "day 2" of working again.  I came upon the opportunity to babysit again for a family I was with for about 2 years.  When I started student teaching I had thought I could still watch the girls on Saturdays, but with being pregnant and the stress of student teaching, Ryan and I realized it would be too much stress on me and I quit.  The kids had started to get to me, and I was just ready to be done with them and move on.  Well, I then began scrapbooking for the mom, basically scrapping the girls photos, getting their books caught up from the last year and a half.  That, too, was a great opportunity but its so hard to just "snap on the creativity" and create.  You kind of have to be in the mood and inspired to do it. She is paying me really well, and I still do log in hours scrapbooking for her during the week, but its not really an "income".

Anyway, *RAMBLING*.  They were again in need of a sitter, so I agreed to one day a week (Fridays) and that then turned to 2 days (Friday and Tuesday) and now I’m watching them this Sunday also.  Which is great, the money is awesome, the kids (well, normally I’m only watching the youngest while the oldest is in school) are pretty good too. So, on Tuesday I picked Aria up from preschool and we went to the library to get some books and then to Menards and back to my house.  Today was my second day of "working" this week.  I took her to Ann Arbor with my friend and her daughter.  We went to the mall, ate lunch at Sbarro’s and then the girls played in the malls play area (they had a blast).  I actually feel really good about working again. I feel like I’m actually accomplishing something other than just cleaning and organizing my house all day.  Once Porter is born I’m taking off 4-6 weeks and will possibly continue watching them over the summer.  I don’t think that I could get by on the scrapbook income… I doubt with a new baby that I’ll have that much creativity.  My brain will probably turn to mush.