The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives

Okay, maybe "the rest of our lives" isn't entirely accurate, but "the first day of until I either go crazy or Cookie (or some other as-of-yet not conceived child) goes to kindergarten" just doesn't have the same ring to it. What all that babble amounts to is that as of today I am officially a stay at home mom! Yippee!!

The decision to become a stay at home mom was not an easy one. Both Matt and I have been extremely busy at work and something had to give. For a while we tried letting more trivial tasks, like blogging and sleeping, go undone, but, alas, that was not enough. So after months of discussion and budget analysis we finally came to the conclusion that is was time for my day job to go.

I had never pictured myself as the stay at home mom type, at least not until I had Grant. I never expected going back to work after he was born to be as difficult as it was. It's a subject I could go on and on about for many depressing paragraphs. I kept thinking that my desire to stay home would lessen over time, but it didn't. The fact that I haven't exactly enjoyed my job for the last year and half didn't help matters. Then I got pregnant with Cookie and found myself wanting to stay home more than ever. We talked for a while about waiting until Cookie's arrival in November, which certainly would have made more financial sense than quitting now. But, perhaps selfishly, I wanted very much to have Grant all to myself for at least a couple of months before the new arrival. So here we are.

I'm a stay at home mom!!!

So far my first day has been a good one. Grant and I had a leisurely breakfast and then we went to the zoo. The zoo is very close to our house and we have a membership so I foresee many similar trips in the future. It was so fun to watch him play on the play equipment there. They have a slide that is the perfect size for him and he showed his appreciation for said slide by going down it approximately 1, 256 times- giggling and yelling "weee!!!" each and every time. When it was time to leave I loved being able to say to him that we'd come back later this week.

We were there for less than two hours, but that was enough time for Grant to have lots of fun and to get good and worn out. After eating a quick lunch Grant is now napping in his room. I'm tempted to spend this precious free time either watching TV, reading, or continuing to play on the computer, but I'm determined that when Matt gets home tonight the house will be at least as clean as it would be after his mother has been here all day. At this point in time, it is not in that condition, so I'm off to clean.