Confession: Yesterday I went back to work. And I enjoyed it.
Here's the details: A good friend of mine who I coach soccer with (and used to teach with) had a baby on Friday (super excited for a baby girl!!). Because she was having a hard time finding a long-term sub, myself and another teacher (who just retired last year) agreed to split the job. So on Mondays and Tuesdays I am now a freshman math teacher. And although I only have two days under my belt, I'm really enjoying it. It helps that I'm back at the school I used to work at, a school where I have a lot of personal connections with many of the staff. But even aside from that, it's nice to spend my days around other adults--regardless of who they are. Granted, dealing with freshman isn't always much different from dealing with an eleven-month old, but at least we can have real conversations--and they're usually about math, which is a bonus for the nerd in me.
I have to be honest and admit that my reaction to this has totally surprised me. Before we had kids I had always wanted to stay at home. Years before having kids (or even trying for kids) Darrell and I worked hard so that my dream could become a reality. And it's not that I haven't enjoyed staying at home, but it has definitely not been what I was expecting. I don't think I could ever go back to work full-time (unless, of course, I had to for financial reasons), and I certainly would not want to be working a lot in the early months of nursing (pumping just once a day is annoying enough; I can't imagine having to do it multiple times a day!), but maybe it'd be nice to get back into some sort of regular work. Maybe. We'll see how I feel a month or two from now.
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