Being Optimistic

So I have been trying to adjust to staying home and so far so good. I have been worried about getting "cabin fever" especially since I have always worked outside of the home and am naturally one of those people who is always on the go but with the kids I am staying BUSY! And so I do not go crazy without adult interaction I have made a point to try and attend every mom's night I can - You can only go so long without going nuts when you only talk to preschoolers all day... I am even hosting a "mom's night" at my house in just over a week too! I am excited and hope that I have a descent turn out. My friend who is a masseuse is going to be giving discounted professional back massages too- I am definitely looking forward to that- I can use a massage!

I have also been worried about income too. I have always brought home a paycheck and with me not going to work we are loosing half of our income. We have been working towards getting things paid off but still have a ways to go and this past month has been horrible on our budget; between deductible bills from the hospital, doctor's office and the ultrasound office from having our youngest daughter, me getting audited on my 2006 state taxes causing me to owe (simple human error- I put the wrong number in the wrong space when filling out the forms so now I owe what I was originally given as a return), an emergency vet bill, and then our AC going out, its been tight!

So to help supplement some income I have decided to do childcare full time. Before I babysat in the evenings and on weekends, and I will still do that, but now I am offering childcare during the day for parents when they have to go to work. Since I can no longer afford childcare and my children's schedules require someone to be home, this will allow me to be here for them and help out some other parents who also cannot afford childcare in a daycare center. So I posted a couple of fliers and put an ad on craigslist and told other mom's what I would be doing and it is going great!! I already have kids I am watching full time while their parents are at work and am pretty much completely booked other than 2 weeks in July. I am limiting my headcounts so I don't have a ton of kids running around as I wouldn't want my own kids being somewhere that has too many kids to adults and I don't want to overload myself either. A lot of the parents contacting me are referrals from other parents too which makes me feel good that they have that confidence in me. Its to the point that I have actually had to turn down parents because I was booked full. And to me, that's a good thing as it means we may be able to handle things fine financially. So that is turning out better than I had hoped and eases my worries quite a bit.

So I am just trying to stay optimistic about all of my worries....

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