No Longer Staying At Home Mom

I was walking with my neighbor last week (see post Exercise Anyone?), and we were talking.  Back in January I started substitute teaching.  (Another all together different post!).  And I said “I am so busy.  I’m so tired.  Not tired like I want to go to sleep tired, but tired like I just want to heat myself a microwave meal and just have to worry about me.  Then let everyone else fend for themselves.”

Then my friend says “Yeah, you do have a lot going on.”  Then I reply “For a stay at home mom I sure am busy all the time”  At this point she just looks at me with a slightly confused look on her face.  It takes me a moment to process.  (I am not the brightest crayon in the box)

Then the light bulb came on and I said “I guess I am no longer a stay at home mom!  I sub 2 days a week, and they days I don’t sub I watch 2 other kids, and occasionally I watch a 2 year old.  I do this on top of volunteering in the kids classroom 2 times a week. ”

So I had a little epiphany and realized I am no longer a stay at home mom.  (I haven’t been for a while now)  I was a little bit saddened by this news.  I have moved onto another chapter of my life, and my kids have gotten a little older and I have grown up a little too!