I know, I'm a slacker!

I'm sorry. I know you all have been religiously checking in here every day looking for a new little nugget about what's going on with Lo! (yeah, right!)

Well, I've been keeping busy. My daughters and I all had dentist appointments on Monday. I had a Dr. appointment yesterday and my son will go for a follow up appointment tomorrow for the ear infection he had.

I got a call yesterday from a friend of mine who works as a secretary for a small Christian school. She has recently been offered a position at Children's hospital, where she worked before the school (and still works part time) that would pay her a lot more than she is making now. Plus, she could get the great benefits they offer! On top of that, they are willing to wait until the end of the school year for her. Well, she called to ask if I would be interested in the possibility of sharing her position at the school with her. She would work Mondays and Fridays at the school and T-W-Th at Children's. That would leave T-W-Th for me to work at the school.

It is a tough decision. If I went to work there, I would probably get half off tuition for my girls (since I would only be working part time, full time would mean free tuition). The hourly pay isn't very great, but would cover the portion of tuition I would have to pay and probably enough to pay someone (trinity) to watch the baby those 3 days. I wouldn't really have anything extra. But, I would be able to take my kids out of public school and put them back in a private, Christian school!

Sounds great, right? Well here's the thing. My family has sacrificed so much just for me to finally be able to be home with our kids. We took the girls out of private school and moved to an apartment that is much smaller than our house. We are finally able to do it. And still pay all of our bills every month. Sure, we always murmur the phrase "don't spend any more money" about every two weeks, usually a few days before payday, but at least everything is getting paid.

I used to cry daily because I wanted so badly to be able to stay home. I wanted to raise my kids, not have someone else do it, even if it was family. I never doubted that my kids were being taken good care of by people who love them, but it was just not the same as being able to do it myself.

I just don't think I am ready to go back to work. I still have a baby at home whom I love spending my mornings with. Just him and me.

So, what would you do? Would you take the opportunity? Or would you keep things the way they are and roll with it?

P.S. I would also like to mention that if I worked at the school, I would have to wear a skirt and panty hose (yes, I said panty hose, which I haven't even owned a pair in literally years!) every day. No dress slacks allowed or anything, must be a skirt!