Today I decided to start a blog..on the iPad at 9:33pm with my late napping Pre-k kids jumping &leg wrestling with me... I recently realized (since I've been off Facebook) my narcissistic need for a vocal outlet is dying to come out again! In my pre-SAH mom life, I was a publicist in an Advertising Agency and my accounts were major movie studios like 20th Century Fox, Colombia & MGM... Before that, I was a Promotions Director for an awesome radio station- needless to say, I had RAD "paying" jobs... Then I decided not to work after my babies came. A mentor told me I should reevaluate, since it will be "extremely difficult" to get back into advertising agency work at the same level & pay-grade that I had exited (100% agree with that) ; however, at the time, I didn't even know if I really even wanted to go back... and still don't.
Today, 5 years later with two kids at the ripe "non-silent or still" ages of 3 and 4, I have finally enough spare moments to blog (journal with whomever wants to read) and decipher whats my next phase... I pressed that pause button with no regrets when I found out being a SAH mommy was possible... For a lot of women it just isn't possible to live on one salary...I'm extremely lucky to have a DH that wanted me home for the first years & willing to make sacrifices too- what we didn't factor in was how difficult it was after we pressed pause on the career to get it going again.(maybe because I'm not sure what I want anymore. Kids add a new depth to your life)
As I check my life's compass, I will bring you on my journey to figure out what works for my type : the "ex-working-mom-who-is-a-little-less-needed-by-her-kids-and-realizes-she-is-1 1/2 years away-from-two-kids-in-full-time-school" (yes that is a Type)...Just when I claimed my identity as a SAH Mom, I find myself insecure in my identity once again and searching for new ways I can get new "'atta boys". In the meantime, as I research & explore opportunities, I need to accomplish a few things: remodeling & decorating my home, establish a producing veggie garden and take a grand vacation..oh and losing this final 30lbs before I turn 40 in January-
Let's see how accountable I am...Brigitte jones like :-) and begin....
