New Chapter

It's official...

I have a job.

After treasuring my life as a stay-at-home Mom for the past 14 years, I am going back to work. I will be working the front desk at a Ballroom Dance Studio in Charlottesville. I'll be managing the billing, updating the web site, posting on Facebook, scheduling lessons, answering phones and interacting with the clientele.

In addition to all this, I'll be doing so much more...

I'll have a life outside my home.

I have very mixed feelings about this, mostly excitement but definitely some anxiety. I've never NOT been home for my girls when they got off the bus after the first day of school. I've never NOT been able to go to their orientation to meet their new teachers. Field trips? I've gone on just about every one of them. I've volunteered in classrooms, graded papers, ate cafeteria lunches, walked in straight lines through the hallways, and have loved every minute of those lovely days. My girls tell me, "Mom, we'll be fine," The fact is I know they will be, but will I? I think I am battling most with the realization that maybe, just maybe my girls won't need me as much as they always have. They'll be able to get off the bus, unlock the door and fix themselves a snack (yes, there will still be homemade cookies sitting on the counter waiting for them the first day of school). They'll be able to sit and do their homework without Mom's help. They'll be able to arrange a playdate without Mom calling their friends. They'll be able to (gasp) fix dinner AND do the dishes. This is what I've been training them all these years to do, right? Give them wings to fly. I just never expected that the little baby birds were going to have to help the Momma bird out of the nest.

Monday starts my new life...

Monday starts a new chapter in my girls life as well...

Better start baking those cookies! :)