So the first blog was just the beginning of my rants....
My decision to work strictly on base if I get a job has been decided. I refuse to drive an hour to two hours every morning and night anymore when I work. I prefer to work on base because it's close and convenient. Especially if the kids are in a daycare or with a home provider. That decision was easy.
Now the question is finding the job on base that I can be happy doing. My first choice is the CDC ( Child Day Care Center)...I love kids, if you work full time you are able to get a spot for your kids. My boy is the one I'm most concerned about since my baby doll is in school now. I felt the need to stay home with him because I did it with my daughter for a while. I feel it was important for me to be here with them since the hubby gets deployed and travels an awful lot for work. They pay a decent starting wage and since my kids could be there with me then I wouldn't feel I was losing so much to daycare costs.
Other job options are more with accounting and office support. Some of them I think would be fun if I was to be paid enough to pay for daycare and still feel I was taking enough home after the fact. It's like why work for pennies and stress yourself out at the same time? I could just stay home and budget. In turn creating less stress for myself and my family. Which leads me to the other option.
Since there is such a shortage of home daycare providers on the list currently. When I mean shortage. I mean we had about six people on the list for all 3 bases that we are connected with. Maybe I could do something for others like provide that for other mom's such as myself who get so frustrated that there is such a shortage. I could stay home with my children. The money would be great. At the same time the stress levels would increase in taking care of someone else's children. Making sure everything is organized just perfectly and following the rules of the FCC. I feel I could stick by the rules just fine since I'm a cautious person to begin with. I could make my own hours so it could work out just fine. I know when I have worked night shifts at the spa I worked at finding care was difficult so maybe I could try and offer that as well. Instead of just the 7-5 hours. All of these things which are things to think about. What is better for my family and myself? I would not want to cause any more stress on them. The kids though I'm sure wouldn't mind having the other kids around. It's the hubby I worry about lol....and myself. I am a woman of many patience. This is what will be tested most of all.
I love life and the options we have. I feel sometimes like I am always starting over. Although sometimes the new starts are just where we need to be to get to where were going.
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