Raspberry Smiles

I’ve been working full-time for the past 10 looooong weeks, and I’m convinced that it’s better for our family that I don’t work close to full-time until the boys are graduated from high school.  Well, Rob would probably agree with the boys being in school, but I’ll hold out for longer. 

I miss playing with them.  There’s just not as much time when you’ve worked all day and then still have to cook, clean and get ready for the next day.  I know they’ve missed the freedom and fun being at home with Mom allows.  Although, they’ve been home with Dad a fair amount, and he always has some fun adventure up his sleeve.

Still, it was good to “get my foot in the door” so to speak, and the middle of winter was the best time, if ever to be working so much.  Plus, we’ve seen how the stress of Mom working effects the household and we can strive to avoid that!

So those benefits I eluded to, as I see them are:

• More family time
• More time for free-play, projects, fun outings, outdoor play
• More naps for Mom
• Cleaner house and better food (actually I think I did pretty well, but it was a chore to be so organized and restricted with food since I wasn’t always home to cook it)
• Happier and contented kids and husband

I can truly appreciate being at home.  I can see the benefits from this experience of not being there.  Being at home is harder than being at work, but nothing is harder than being at home AFTER you’ve been at work.  We’ll keep the nice balance we have going of part-time working, but more time at home!