The Silver Lining

Well, I am officially back to being a stay at home mom/wife (SAHMW).  I went into the office on Monday morning, called HR to tell them our decision, then spoke to one of the partners of the firm to tell him, told a few coworkers that I've known for a while, packed my stuff, then left.  I went in at 8 am and was back home at 10 am.

The firm was very understanding (well, not so much the HR lady, but whatever), which I am so thankful for.  I was so confident in my decision, but the only thing bothering me was that I would be burning the bridges that I had formed with some of the people at the firm.  I mean, I'm sure they'll never hire me back (at least for a very long time, and even if I wanted to come back), but at least if I see them on the street somewhere I won't feel like I have to avoid them.  And I guess I should say that I wasn't 100% confident in our decision, just because it was such a great opportunity and I was afraid that I was shooting myself in the foot by walking away.

There are at least two positives that are coming out of this situation:
1.  For starters, now we KNOW that having two full time working parents is not an option for us.  If I found something in my field that was part-time with A LOT of flexibility I would definitely consider it.  But we really realized last week that at this time in our lives it is more important for somebody to stay home with the kid(s). 

2.  I am finally preparing (and have scheduled) to take the CPA exam.  It's one of those things that I was putting off because the process was so intimidating.  In fact, I take my first section tomorrow.  I should be studying right now for it, but I have been studying all week and need a little breather.  Once I post this I will get back to it, but I just needed a break, ya know? 

Henry will still be going to daycare for the next two weeks since we prepaid, so I'm going to use that time to study for the next section of the exam and get back into "home" mode instead of "returning to work" mode.  Because we've spent the whole summer preparing for me to return to work we really haven't enjoyed too much of our summer.  We did have a nice family vacation over the 4th, but I still brought my books to study for the CPA exam.  So, this Sunday is going to be Family Fun Day.  I wonder what we'll do?