Okay, maybe you don't know me personally but you know who I am. I am just an average mom. 3 kids. 2 cats. Husband. I drive a minivan. I am just average.
Well, maybe not average but normal.
I used to be a stay at home mom. My kids are all really close in age so putting them in day care would have cost an arm and a leg. But now they are all in school full time.
Last year when my youngest started first grade I needed to decide what I was going to do with myself. I have an associates degree in Early childhood education but there isn't anything I can do with that. I also didn't want to be a teacher. I have spent the last 11 years of my life sacrificing so that my husband could have the career that he wants because I think it's important to have a career that you love. You spend at least a third of your day working so you might as well enjoy it. I thought it was my turn to figure out what I wanted. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who agrees with me.
It took me a long time to figure out what I want. I had started thinking when they youngest went to kindergarten and it took me a year and a half to sign up for college. I decided that I wanted to go back to school for a degree in Hospitality Management. I'm half way to my associates degree and I still don't know what I want to do in hospitality management. There are so many options.
I decided on HM because, after much thought, I realized that I like taking care of people. I have always wanted to be a mother. Always. And that hasn't changed. But my kids don't need me as much or in the same way that they used to. It just made sense to move on to taking care of other people.
So that is where I am now. Mom, Wife, Honors student (oh, did I mention that I have a 4.0 GPA? Yeah, I may be an over achiever)
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