New job...more changes

Well, tomorrow is my first day working outside the home in 6 years. Well, not really true, I did have a part time job for a couple of months after Kid Jedi was born, but it was overnight work and I was still home for him. It's a temp job that runs through the end of February. The money will help since we are trying to make ends meet and not use any credit cards, and I'm happy and very sad about this. Tomorrow will be the first day I haven't taken Kid Jedi to school in the morning and the first time I won't be picking him up. Of course, I'm more upset about that than him since Daddy will still be there.

On the positive side of things. I'm setting myself up to get my teaching certificate and I've applied for a few aide positions. I also got an email today from a special education facility in our area looking for aides, I sent my resume for follow up to that one too.

I am also going to see if I can help out with Children's Church to get some more experience working with children in a teaching capacity.

Hopefully by the time this job is done, I will have an aide position lined up. If not, I'll be putting my Substitute Certificate out to more school districts.

Wordless Wednesday - Future Stanely Cup Winner!?!

This is from an assembly at school with Former Philadelphia Flyer Bob Kelly. Check out more Wordless Wednesday posts at 5MFM.

Looking for the Silver Lining

They say when it rains, it pours... I'd like for that to be a positive statement sometime. On top of our already grim financial situation, and me looking for a job (and going back for my Teacher Certification), we found out on Thursday that my husband, our only income and person holding our benefits, is getting laid off. We are trying to look at this in the positive. He wasn't happy at his job, so now he'll be in a great position to look elsewhere. He wanted a change in careers, well, this sets him up great for that. I was worried that someone wouldn't be here for Kid Jedi if I had to take a full-time position, well, now Daddy will be there. He was upset because he worked for a Health Insurance Company and they don't pay well, well now he can change industries.

The good news is, we are covered under benefits through his Severance time, which would put us through the middle of August, which is good since we just started Therapy for Kid Jedi's ADHD, and we may be able to go during the day and see the Psychologist we really wanted to see. And my wonderful parents are paying for me to get my Teacher's Certification, NJ has an alternate route for people with Bachelor's Degrees which doesn't require you to go back to college and pay those high tuition bills.

As difficult as this situation is, I really feel like it's a door opening rather than one closing...I just wish it wasn't right before Christmas!

Tackle It Tuesday - To Do list

I've been battling some illness for the past several weeks, add to that being blue because of my parents heading back to FL and having to go back to work (not that I've found anything yet), not a lot has gotten done around this house lately. So this morning, I decided that, since, if I was working outside the home, I wasn't sick enough to stay home, I had to treat this job as any other job and get some stuff done. So today, my to do list is:

1. Switch laundry ( I went to bed with clothes in the washer & dryer) - Done
2. Change sheets - Done
3. Wash dishes - Done
4. Switch laundry (wash towels)
5. Straighten Living Room
6. Find something to organize Kid Jedi's Art Supplies
7. Call Dr. Mintz to make appointment

This is what I'm tackling today, let us know what you're doing and head on over to 5MFM for more tackles.