Ditto. I couldn't imagine not being a stay at home mom!

I had planned on possibly going back to work when the youngest started school. With stipulations. It would have to be as a teacher with the same hours my kids have. Well, as close as I could get. Most importantly, summers, weekends, and holidays off. But now, that may not be enough. I don't want to spend all my off time doing laundry, cleaning, and all my craft projects, plus DH needs me so much during the day to help him out (we are farmer/ranchers). And another thing has changed my decision as well.

I took the baby to have his pictures made at Sears the other day, and I ran into my hairdresser (shows how often I get my haircut, because I had NO IDEA the news she had!). She had become a grandmother over the summer. This woman, who is only a couple years older than me, and I'm 32, just became a GRANDMOTHER! Her daughter was a sophomore when she had the baby! I was then shocked to discover yet another woman who I used to work with, same age, had also become a grandmother.

So, I have made it my mission in life to be there at all times for my kids. Not only that, but to keep them so darn busy, they won't have time to THINK about sex or drugs! I don't want to do laundry and cleaning on weekends and after school. Until they start Junior High (3 years for my oldest), they can play soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter. The real crucial time will come though when JR. High starts. At our teeny tiny rural school, if you have any athletic ability at all, you play sports. And you play ALL sports. That means the girls will cheer, volleyball, basketball and track. And the boys will play football, basketball, and track. They will also be busy with FFA (future farmers of America) and 4-H. Maybe it sounds horrible to keep kids so busy. But at our school, and the school in town, the kids that get knocked up are the ones that aren't playing sports or doing other activities. It's the ones that are idle, and the ones whose parents both work.

But while the kids are in school (all of them), I am still going to work to better myself, but going back to college. It's important for me to finish my bachelors and get my master's degrees, just in case. What if my husband died in an accident. I need to be there to be able to earn the money as well if I have to.

Rambling here. This has bothered me for a few weeks. LOL! Glad I got it out of me and down on "paper". LOL!