New Job!

Well, I start my new job Monday morning. I'm excited and anxious all at the same time. I'm not convinced that this family is going to make the transition well but I know they will handle it well inasmuch as I do. I set the tone, that's for sure.

Going back to work will end my almost decade-long "reign" as a Stay-At-Home-Mom. I am VERY confident that I can do this. I look back at where I was this time last year and OMG! What a difference! Difference in circumstances, definitely. But even more so in my outlook, attitude, confidence and strength. I feel like I have emerged from the fog and can see the lay of the land much more clearly. On the 15th & 16th, we go to court for the spousal support, child support, custody, etc. I am nervous and will need lots of prayer those days. But this needs to be settled once and for all. I am tired of hearing him saying he's carrying some exhorbitant amount of marital debt (not true) and how broke he is, etc. He made his bed, now he has to lie in it. Mom pointed out something I hadn't thought of. I have faired better with no income and four kids to take care of than he has with an income and no kids to take care of... only himself to take care of.

Ach! I don't want to talk about this. 2009 is going to be an awesome year. It started off fabulously and I plan for it to just get better & better. I have decided that this is the "Year of the Princess" :-) When the clock struck midnight, I had my tiara firmly in place. lol Whenever "the man" would use the term "princess" with me, it was said as an insult... as in "you think you're some kind of princess". Well, you know what? I am. God says I am and that's enough for me. :-)

Okay, off to bed for me. Tomorrow's a big day!