I gave my notice to my work about a month ago and they announced it at our weekly staff meeting about 2 weeks ago and as of today, they have hired my replacement. I am so excited (and terrified at the same time).....this is my dream come true. I have been struggling with continuing to work since before I even had Brooklynn and it has just been getting harder and harder being away from her and missing so much of her life. We went back and forth on this issue for so long to the point I was making myself sick with stress about what I should do. Then it happened - I had a week where everything just kind of led me to my decision and everything sort of fell into place. Anyone that has known me for any amount of time knows that I am a firm believer in that things happen for a reason - you may not know right away what the reason is, but there is a reason behind it - I've lived my life with that in mind for as long as I can remember - from relationships, to school to work to trying for over 2 years to get pregnant and anything/everything else that I have encountered - I knew that there was a reason why I was going down each path. This decision was no different.
Anyway....back to my big decision and the week it all fell into place. Some of the things are little and prob don't mean much to most people but to me they were all signs....the first was a song on the radio - I had heard it before but never really 'listened' to the words...'It Won't Be Like This For Long' by Darius Rucker - I heard it on the way home from work and it just hit me - the words are all so true - completely hit home. The next sign for me was from reading another blog, Kelly's Korner that I follow. She had a baby back in January and I guess she was continuously being asked about her plans to return to work and she did a great post on her decision - I loved it - everything she said hit home once again....just reinforced my decision.
Then finally the biggest thing that happened that made me realize I need to do this...we were offered a spot in a Mother's Day Out/Preschool program that is in HIGH DEMAND. Its through the church that Andy's family belongs to and there is a HUGE waiting list. Andrew used to go there before he started school and we all loved it. Anyway, I just happened to email my mother in law one day to ask her if she could find out how much the program costs just out of curiosity - I knew there was a waiting list but I really just wanted to compare their rates to other places that I had looked into since we knew how this school was and what they offered. Well she emailed her friend that day that works at the school and it just so happened that they had a spot open for the fall semester and if we wanted it - it was ours - no waiting list or anything. We just had to go the very next day for the tour at 11am and put our deposit down. Well of course we were shocked b/c we thought for sure there was no way we would get in...and now we had this amazing opportunity. Of course we jumped on it. We went to the tour the next day and we knew right away this was the right spot for Brooklynn and the right decision for our family. There were prob close to 50 people on this tour and they all had to be put on the waiting list!! How could we pass this up?!?!? So thats how it happened. It really was amazing timing and we are so thankful.
My boss took the news pretty well - she was really excited for me and very supportive but sad b/c it meant she was losing me as an employee - I've been there for almost 8 years (I know...hard to believe its been that long). Like I said, they officially hired my replacement as of today - she will start in a couple of weeks - so I will have just under a month to work with her and begin training her. My last day is July 2nd. There is the possibility that I may end up working part time starting back in the fall - just during the hours that Brooklynn is at preschool. My boss mentioned that she would love to still have me part time as an assistant to my replacement - esp since it will take awhile before she is into the full workload that I handled. So if we can work out the details to where it benefits all involved, that may happen - time will tell. But I am definitely off for the summer - and taking an extended vacation up to Toronto....can't wait!
Anyway..this is long enough - just thought I would bring everyone up to speed on what's been going on - sorry it is so long. A big congrats if you read all the way through this post...a little longer than I anticipated....
Oh and of course we all know that I can't do a post without sharing some new pics of you know who..so here y'all go.....these are her spring pics that were taken at the daycare.....I think you would agree that it looks like someone was not having a good day that day...lol.
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