It feels like it's been a long journey getting to this point.
A dramatic and traumatic end to a job that I thought I would be at forever.
A solid year and a half working a full time job and a part time job with no vacation breaks.
A prayer and a plan that at the end of the year and a half, things would be infinitely better as I let go of the full time job to work part time and mostly from home during school hours.
Well, here we are. Today is my last day at the full time job. I'm being taken out for lunch, and then I'm a free agent.
Things are quite as I imagined them, of course. Few things ever are.
Firstly and biggestly.... (biggestly?) You know what I mean. Do you know what I mean?
I mean, thing that will affect our future plans in the BIGGEST way....
...and that is - we're expecting a new baby! So that's exciting and life changing in that I'm not going to have quite the amount of free time in the next 5 years that I was hoping for, but at the same time, I am so joyful that I will be at home and not have to worry about childcare for this new little one. Both Mav and Hope are so excited as well. Hope started crying when we told them, she was so happy. She wishes for a little sister, and Mavi wants a brother. Thing 3 (as we're calling this one) is due at the end of February 2015.
The other thing that is not as we were planning is involving Aven's job and a project that they landed up close to Shuswap. This is a large project - the timeline is close to two years - and right up Aven's alley, skill set wise. It will be hard if he ends up going, no doubt about it. Especially with a new baby in the house.
Fortunately, I have a pretty good support system around me, and though there will be very tough moments, days, even weeks, it is all temporary and with help we'll survive it.
But back to today.
I will put in my four hours this morning, trying to give up every last bit of knowledge of this job that I'm storing to my replacement, we will go out for lunch, and then head home to celebrate the last day of our nanny - a big transition for her, too (and fortunately this comes at a good time for her as well).
Tonight we're heading out to The Keg to celebrate my independence, tomorrow we celebrate my little boy's 5th birthday, Sunday is a big family gathering at the park and then Monday, oh Monday.... my kids head up to my parents for the week and I am left alone at home. Alone. As in, by myself. As in, I can do whatever the hell I feel like.
It has been a really long time since that's happened. And I can't wait. And I have to take advantage cause I only get 6 more months of it.
Have a great Friday!!
