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Job Search...

I'm still looking for a full time job. It's getting kind of tiring looking and applying week after week and waiting. I'm hoping that I'll get a call for an interview. My only fear is that I'll be overqualified for a job. I have a B.S. and a M.S. in education and special education but I don't want to go into teaching until we are back in Kentucky. (evidently they don't like hiring military spouses here b/c of the moving-understandable but at the same time...COME ON!) I'm hoping to stay in the education loop though by working for the school system-County or DOD. I just want a job that brings in enough money for child care AND enough left over so we can visit home, take fun weekend trips to parks and/or museums, and be able to breathe at the end of the day knowing that we actually have some money in the bank :) I'm praying that the right opportunity will come my way and I'm just going to keep on trucking forward. Brandon is home for another ...

Hiding It All...

There are so many things that I just keep to myself because I feel insane saying them...it sucks to have all that bottled up inside. So I thought I'd use this as a safe place for me to vent. As of now I'm a SAHM with my almost 13 month old daughter. I have enjoyed being with her all day but am getting to the point to where I don't enjoy it as much anymore...does that make me a bad mom?? I don't think so but a lot of people do. Some women are happy being home, taking care of their children, cleaning, taking care of their husband-I just am not one of those people. A lot of this probably has to do with how TIGHT our budget has gotten since having to get a different vehicle for my husband AND the lovely new event of our AC/Heating unit dying. The bottom line is, I have stretched our dollars as far as they can be stretched and it has become a luxury to drive to the park or to drive anywhere-and to me, I don't like this! I'm not whining or feeling sorry for mys...