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Add comment December 29th, 2009

When I found out I was pregnant I had originally toyed with the idea of taking a year off work to hang out with Asher and started saving money to do that. Since I am a freelancer my income when I don’t work is approximately $0. Bank Holidays = $0, Vacations =$0, and Maternity leave = ZEEEEERO! Due to program scheduling and not being able to travel towards the end I stopped working waaaaay back in April of last year which was pretty freakin awesome since I was hella pregnant and we were moving in May. Asher was born in July and I mentally changed my start date up to the spring thinking thats still so much time, and an entire year off work. No big deal. Then Matthew was more or less off for 3 months this summer with a freelancer income of yes, you guessed it…exactly $0 and I thought hmm, maybe I should look for work after Christmas, since we like to eat and stuff.

That’s the plan. I am very comfortable with it. As recent as a few weeks ago I had been telling anyone who asked that I’m taking off until after Christmas and then I’ll start making calls, update my resume, etc. When I get a job I get a job and there you go. In the meantime I’ve been deciding what goofy baby class we’re going to sign up for – and I re-upped my work out baby sessions for January and February.

I got a call last week out of the blue for work. Didn’t even have to send a single email. The best part is that its with a place I’ve never worked with before which is exciting and meets one of my 2010 goals AND ITS STILL 2009. Did I mention the part where I didn’t even have to stop watching Oprah during naps and concentrate on updating my resume. Its pretty sweet.

Unfortunately the job starts Jan4. ACK! That is so soon. I decided it’s ok, its only a month sooner and I’ll just take it. Then after thinking about it I got really overwhelmed at getting everything together with Matthew away (he was in denver for 2 weeks) So I wouldn’t take it because I can’t imagine finding a nanny so quickly on top off all the other things I’d have to do to prepare to go back to work after 8 months and it was Just Too Hard. Then I’d only take it if I could work from home since I won’t have to buy work clothes that fit or worry too much about nursing. Then I agreed to meet the producer to see if he actually wanted to hire me.

What? I just like to have it all planned. Plus Asher is sleeping a bit better and I am running out of things to obsessively worry about.

I met with the Producer last week and sort of decided to take it. Its NOT working from home but its a bit flexible with my work hours in case I need to leave to meet the nanny or go to an appointment. I may/may not have to travel but we can figure that out.

We also decided to wait on the nanny until after we get back from Vancouver. Matthew doesn’t have anything booked the first week of January so we have a little extra time, plus we’d rather do it together.

In the meantime I’m still waiting for confirmation on the project – they sent me vendor paperwork (good) but I don’t have a start date (not so good) and we haven’t agreed on a rate (blergh)

Since I wasn’t planning on going back so early I can sort of take it or leave it. I’d definitely rather not work but its only a 6 week job and then I’m back to hanging out with my best guy.

ashex