And now for something completely different...

The past few months have been... trying. I have had this balancing act going on between working two jobs, running the education center, being a mommy, church and trying to keep my house in some semblance of order. Jacob has been incredibly patient, watching Sophie while I do all my running and so on. But finally my spinning plates have all come crashing down. I am stressed out. Way stressed out. Stressed out to the point that I had to have an intervention by Momma and Sherie. I won't go into the details of my slow mental demise, let's just suffice to say it was ugly.

So what to do? I have to quit something. No one thing that I do stresses me out- it's the accumulation of everything that puts my nerves in a food processor.

What about the education center. Let's be frank, if I quit the education center, it would close. No one else is interested enough to keep it going. While we don't have a big client base yet, the few that do come in are worth the effort. And we are growing fairly quickly, much to my delight. I really feel like this is something that God laid on my heart to do, and I know He will be faithful to complete it. I'm not quitting this.

My job with PEERS pays the best with the least amount of hours. In fact- working 20 hours a week from home with PEERS is more money than working 30 hours a week at the print shop. The income is not "steady", it depends on what I put into it, which so far has been bare minimum. But- I could develop this into something full time, if I had the time. I'm pretty sure this could be my living if I was willing to put more time into it.

So that leaves my job. My "real" job.
- My job with the steady income but more hours.
- The job I went to college for.
- The job I am quitting.

I put my two weeks notice in today after a long talk last night with Jacob and my "interveners". Jacob and I decided that this would be best not just for me, but for our family. This way I can be home with Sophie. I can schedule my hours around what is good for us. I will only have to work 20 hours a week, whenever I want. Weekends, sure. After Sophie is in bed, great. Whenever I can. Semester break for the schools is right when Keegan is due, so I can take my maternity leave and start back when I am ready to, rather than when I am scheduled to.

I've got to tell you- last night I was not sure this was the right decision. I really enjoy my job. I like what I do. But I like being in my right mind more. This morning I woke up quite sure it was what I needed to do, and I did it. So as of October 1st, I will be working from home. Or from Mom's. Or from wherever I want to. And I'm pretty dang excited about that!