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Day to day reality here involves going out just about every weekday
morning with my two daughters (ages 5mo and 2years 10months as I write
this), hoping they both fall asleep on the drive back home, scurring to
try to "accomplish something" (be it housework, work towards my
childbirth ed certification, sewing, reading or showering)before my
spouse gets home (he happens to be a he). Spouse usually fixes up
dinner, and puts my elder daughter to bed while I nurse the younger
down and/or do laundry. With luck we both remain awake long enough to
share a snack, TV show or words before we both pass out for the night.
Night times generally involve one diaper change for our infant and one
or two visits to the potty with our preschool-aged child, the same
child who serves as the family alarm clock between 5-7am.
Who I
am does extend well beyond the day to day. Or, so I keep telling
myself. Having spent my twenties teaching children and teenagers
swimming and gymnastics while in college (yes, for almost a decade), I
sometimes feel that I shouldn't have bothered with college, but I do have
a master's degree now, so I guess that counts for something...speaking
of which, where did we put that paper?? There are many certificates
that I've earned that I did frame (Complementary and Alternative
Healthcare through Marist College, Slovak Language Immersion Institute
from University of Pittsburgh, Birth Doula/Labor Assistant from ALACE),
but for some reason, my MA never made it.
As an adult, I have
been, and plan to be again a Master's swimmer (translation: competitive
swimming for people who are no longer teenagers), and a
cross-country/road racing runner. This past year has involved quite a
bit of sewing with friends and a bit of other "craftiness." I have way
too many ambitious plans in my head most of the time when it comes to
crafts, and I lack the interest, or maybe better put, dedication to,
detail that would elevate what I do to something worth trying to sell.
Still, that is always a thought in my mind.
Right now, my family
is faced with trying to negotiate life with two kids and two somewhat
ego-centric adults with one major income and a bit of occasional pocket
money from me subsituting teaching aquatics and the occasional
doula/childbirth ed gig. It sounds like I might get a couple hours a week in the winter teaching a pre/post-natal class, which would be great, but literally two hours a week. Which is great for my kids, and would save us a bit on the membership to the pool, but, once again, I will most likely be working for the gas money to get to work. Still, as a mom, I find the value of work is more about sanity than anything else. Plus, there is the whole reality that this way I too, will get a workout! Yippie! I am not fanatical about fitness, I just happened to find out that endorphins (or whatever is really happening there, as I seem to remember reading a study a couple years back that it isn't really endorphins doing the work, they're too big for the receptor site or something...) ROCK. Oh, and let me mention here that in childbirth, endorphins (again, see above parenthetica) ROCK!
Anyway, I am a tangental thinker, and a horrible speller. I am sure it will be apparent if you ever browse around my entries. I have no plans on how often or what I will blog about regularly, except that I do plan to keep tabs on my elder daughter's preschool-homeschool co-op here. Just so I have a record of it. I have no idea if I am doing this "right," and really know nothing about blogging ediquitte and frankly, don't really care. This is for me. If you read it and are able to take something useful away, great, I really am happy to think that might happen. However, this is kind of like a little retreat for me, so you are welcome to visit, just don't disturb the peace. Thank you.
