The Fabulous Life of Derek and Monet

So the last few weeks have EXTREMELY stressful on me so much so that I haven’t slept for more than 3 hours a night and have become borderline addicted to coffee, just to prevent me from falling apart from pure exhaustion. See I interviewed with a local health company for a very special nursing program and was accepted. I am thrilled, I finally I have an opportunity to finish my nursing degree and enter a career where I hope to make an impact on the treatment of patients, their families and care partners. But as excited as I am I feel torn and sad; I will no longer be a Stay-At-Home Mom, watching my children grow and experience the world around them; seeing the things I have taken for granted all of these years through the eyes of a little one. I am mostly sad because I was home with Derek until he started Kindergarten but will be leaving Monet for what seems to be the next 16 months, just in time to send her off to Kindergarten (ok I’ll have 5 months but I’ll be working full time too.) I know that I will be providing my kids with a better life and become financially stable at time when it looks like that may be the opposite for the rest of the country and even the world. Anyways all of us will be adjusting to some major changes here and I am sure it will be with much resistance from all sides. Wish us luck!