Eventhough I've technically been a stay-at-home-mom since Jo was born, I'm beginning to understand and enjoy this role more and more each day.
Since moving to our new house I've been able to focus on my family. To be a better wife for Matt, and a better mom for Jo and CoCo.
A few weeks ago I turned in my master keys and leasing cell phone for the apartments that I (use to) manage.
Jo is THRILLED that I no longer have to "go work at the apartments."
My "work" was mostly from home: fielding calls from current residents, prospective residents, and setting up appointments for showings, deliveries, repairs, and inspections. Then there was the weekly cleaning of the common areas. The cleaning itself never really bothered me (full disclosure - sometimes my mop and ipod was the perfect escape from the whiney pint-sized monsters at home.) But trying to arrange a time for someone else to watch the girls so I could dash off to do the cleaning was more stressful than it should have been.
Oh, there's one more thing - I have a newfound sense of FREEDOM! The apartment manager gig was an amazing financial savings for our family (I got to stay at home with our girls these past 4.5 years, during which we never paid a dime of rent.) The catch, you ask? We were PERPETUALLY on-call, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. Whenever we wanted to be "away" for 24 hours or more, we had to request vacation and find someone else to take over emergency contact duties. I.Do.Not.Miss.This.
Be that as it may, I am prepared to make some pretty serious new-years/new-home/new-full-time mom resolutions. I'll give you one little sneak preview: 1. I resolve to not only open up my cookbooks, but to USE them to plan home-cooked family meals, at least once a week.
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Hey Katie! Found your blog again! Caught myself up on your family. Just wanted to send some encouragement as I read this post. I found that my quality of life greatly improved as I just focused on my family as a SAHM and I hope the same for you!
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