When it Stops Being Weird, and Starts Being Normal Life Again
We have finally picked out and enrolled Ryan in daycare...yay. I felt like throwing up and hyper-ventilating a little. I hate daycare. The one we chose is nice though. They allow Ryan to attend part time and also do half days, which is great seeing how Shane works nights and I work days. The people are friendly and his teacher is very good with the kids. They put him in the older kid class because he is so big and he is already starting to crawl and he can pull himself up to a standing position. I told them that I didn't want him in the baby room because he wont just lay around...he likes to move around, crawl and throw things. And he's a bit of a screamer! While we were there, a few of the kids already took a liking to Ryan. There is a boy in his class that is about his age and I think they will be good friends. As hard as this has been, I know it's just another part of being a parent. It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess I was always hoping it would be later than sooner. The past few weeks have being filled with a lot of thinking about all that has happened the last 6 months. Stay at home mom...or just unemployed? I realize now that as financially secure as you think you are, its still probably best to have two incomes. Not so I can go shopping at Williams Sonoma or whatever every weekend, but just in case something ever happened to one of those incomes. I have decided that as weird as it all feels right now, the only way it will feel normal is to just let time pass...soon it will become normal life again.
We have finally picked out and enrolled Ryan in daycare...yay. I felt like throwing up and hyper-ventilating a little. I hate daycare. The one we chose is nice though. They allow Ryan to attend part time and also do half days, which is great seeing how Shane works nights and I work days. The people are friendly and his teacher is very good with the kids. They put him in the older kid class because he is so big and he is already starting to crawl and he can pull himself up to a standing position. I told them that I didn't want him in the baby room because he wont just lay around...he likes to move around, crawl and throw things. And he's a bit of a screamer! While we were there, a few of the kids already took a liking to Ryan. There is a boy in his class that is about his age and I think they will be good friends. As hard as this has been, I know it's just another part of being a parent. It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess I was always hoping it would be later than sooner. The past few weeks have being filled with a lot of thinking about all that has happened the last 6 months. Stay at home mom...or just unemployed? I realize now that as financially secure as you think you are, its still probably best to have two incomes. Not so I can go shopping at Williams Sonoma or whatever every weekend, but just in case something ever happened to one of those incomes. I have decided that as weird as it all feels right now, the only way it will feel normal is to just let time pass...soon it will become normal life again.
