Wednesday, October 8, 2008

While I sit at home and watch TV eating bon-bons!

It's interesting how after quitting my full-time job, I get comments from friends and neighbors like "Are you bored yet?," "So what do you do all day," and my favorite unsolicited comment..."I don't have time to sleep in...I work" (as if I just sit around and watch TV and eat bon-bons all day!) For the record, we don't even HAVE TV, and if we did, I don't have time to watch it anyway and have never been a TV watcher (at least not since Jr. High when I watched Saved By the Bell and Ducktales after school!) I am as busy or busier now than I was when I was working full-time. Granted, I do make sure I get my 8 or 9 hours of sleep as opposed to when I was working 3 jobs and burned the midnight oil paying bills and cleaning the house and doing dishes, but that is because I am PREGNANT! Everyone says to get my sleep now because there won't be time for it after the baby, and that is the one thing I am making sure to do for myself! But, once the day begins, it's run, run, run. After quitting my full-time job, I was stressing about how we would pay for Corban's tuition for his MBA (which increased quite a bit once he finished his undergrad classes...$2500 per semester for THREE classes....outrageous, isn't it!?) Things were a little slow right after I quit my full-time job, but clients have steadily increased at LDS Family Services and my other job as well. I am up to 15 sessions per week (that doesn't include the paperwork, phone calls to bishops and referral sources, and preparation for these sessions, which is at least 45 minutes for every hour), a 1.5 hour group, and a 3 hour pornography group. In addition to that, I am trying to get this house baby-ready and get Corelle a bedroom prepared, and I am trying to find a place for all of the stuff that used to be in the office-turned-baby-room since we have no office now. There is never enough time! Corban is gone two nights a week to class and spends much of the time he is home doing homework, and we spend one night a week doing prenatal classes and I have a doctor appointment every other week. I know there is something else I am not thinking of, but the details are probably boring you anyway. But there you have it...the way a "non-working" woman actually has no time to get anything done! And I am absolutely sure that women who don't work part-time stay just as busy cleaning house and being moms...I can't even imagine having other people to care for mixed into this craziness! There is so much that goes into keeping a house clean and organized, eh!? Thanks to the fact that my part-time work has increased to almost full-time hours, I think we are going to be able to make this tuition bill AND get some baby stuff too (no one told me how much it all costs...strollers and carseats and cribs not to mention clothes and hospital bills...welcome to being a parent, right!) So anyhow, I really need to get back to the counseling notes I should have been doing, but I realized what a boring blog I have since I never have time to write anything on it, so I decided to take a minute! My thought is, aren't we just all toooooo busy! Who has time to be bored? Someone I know used to say, "Only boring people get bored." (If it's you, let me know so we can get you credit for your quote!) ;) My husband disagrees with the statement, but it just stuck with me for some reason (whether it's true or not!) But, I can say, boredom certainly isn't on my to-do list!

5 comments:

Brenda said...

If you think you're busy now, wait until you're a soccer mom, a student council mom, a dance mom, a cheer mom, etc. Homework. Cookies. Cupcakes. Taxi. Nurse. Wife. Mother. Teacher. Nurse. Counselor. And much, much more. It's wonderful!!! You'll be a wonderful mother. Love you.

corbanandnoelle said...

I have no doubt about it that mothers (even the ones who stay home) are uuuuuber busy! I can only imagine...life gets busier all the time! I think that's why President Monson (or was it someone else) said something to the extent of, If you keep saying you'll do it tomorrow, you'll find out that you wake up one day with a lot of empty yesterdays! We have to do it now, in the midst of all the busy-ness! I am sure I will very much enjoy being a mother! ;) I had a good teacher!

Rebecca S said...

Isn't it fun getting ready for that little one. Enjoy every minute of it!

Erin said...

The type of business will change once you have her, but you will still be busy!!!

Brittany, Kris, Kaylee, and Maizy said...

I keep thinking that things will slow down in our life... but I recently decided that it's only going to get busier. Kaylee keeps us very busy, as does church, yardwork, housework, and life in general. I think that I probably have more fun and make more memories while I am busy. But yeah, it never slows down. That's just life! Enjoy every minute because each minute brings new experiences and fun that you can't ever have back again. You'll be a great mom and I'm sure you're a great wife. Everything just works out. Love ya!