Part-time Employee

This week I am back to working part time! It has been a rough few weeks. I have been battling fatigue, exhaustion, and loneliness. I have been grateful my kids are both healthy. Mostly I have just been tired and sore! But now I am trying to give extra attention to my children and recover. I feel a little overwhelmed with my to-do list this week. I just keep putting one foot in front of the other!

New Resort!

Yesterday and today I spent the day at the new resort! Working, learning, and getting to know my team. Oh my I am tired! Another 6 day work week. And yesterday I worked all day on Mother's Day. So I have been sure to be extra-fun from 4:30pm-9pm with my girls.....then it's back to waking up for work at 5:45am. How crazy!

I don't like that I don't get anything done during these crazy work weeks. But I love the feeling of accomplishment when I see my income in our bank account and know that we are making ends meet because of my hard work!!!! What a feeling of accomplishment. I am providing for my kids.

I just love my girls. They are finally asleep in their rooms, and I guess I had better do the same! Tomorrow morning is another full day of training.

Exhaustion

Yesterday and today were days of exhaustion. Working 5AM to 2PM in a new job, and picking the kids up from child care and caring for them alone all evening while my husband works. I am headed to bed at this time, as I have been up since 4:00 in the morning! I drove to work in the moonlight.

Today was my youngest daughter's 6 month birthday! I covered her in kisses all evening long. I think this weekend we will have to have a little celebration combining her milestone with Mother's Day!

My kids are the best thing that ever happened to me. I am trying not to be frustrated with my exhaustion, because it will get better. And they are worth it! I love my husband and daughters.

Tomorrow is another long day at work, so time to rest and re-charge. I sure miss my babies!

Day of FUN!

Today was my day off! I spent the entire day with my kids. I soaked up every hug, kiss, cuddle, and laugh. Yes! These are the days that make life so worth it.

We went to Fort Wilderness and my oldest rode the ponies. We ate lunch, walked all over, played on the playground, and laughed. Thank you, Lord, for my girls!!!

I am so glad I had the day with them. The great thing about working some days of the week is that it makes the days with the kiddos more sweet. If I had not been longing for this day, it would not have been quite so precious.

I love my daughters. I love being their mom.

Week One: Complete!

Week one of training is now officially complete! Whew! 5 long days of learning everything I can about working the front desk at a Disney resort. I can even exchange foreign currency now!

I missed my children SO much! I love every second I get with my sweet little girls. I am so glad to have two days off now to give them all the snuggles I possibly can. It sure makes breastfeeding easier too, to be with my baby all day!

I am blessed to have my girls and my husband, and a job, even thought it doesn't pay as much as I'd like!

Now it is time to zone out and watch a show and get some sleep. The girls will be up early with lots of energy whether I'm ready or not. :)

First Class

Tonight I am exhausted. I enjoyed my all-day class on resorts and Guests' expectations. I am just so tired! I got the kids bathed and fed and in bed, and I am thinking bed is looking pretty good right now too! Day one of the new journey was a success. Tomorrow is day two of a four day class. Get ready!

Ready to Go!

Chapter One in Florida has come to a close today. We moved from California to Florida last May, and nearly one year later I have moved on from my first job at Walt Disney World. I never stay at any one department in Disney very long!

This time is just like most times when I move to a new role. I am so ready for a new adventure! But I will sure miss the friends I have made. I will not miss Guests yelling at me on the phone about their gift baskets! But I will miss the silly things that made us laugh and the women along side me who have become my friends.

I have really learned to cherish friendships while they are happening, because change is constant, and nothing stays the same very long! I have memories in my mind, snapshots I consciously took with my eyes and ears. I will bring those with me, and keep in touch with the great women I have met, and let the door swing closed behind me on the bad things. Here we go!

Tomorrow is day one of training for my new role, working Front Desk at Disney's Art of Animation. I will be wearing my old maternity slacks I dug out of a box tonight, because the skin tight slacks from pre-pregnancy are gonna bust a button if I sit in those in a class all day tomorrow! Oh my! I have 20 pounds to go still to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. The question now is, how many ways can you wear gray maternity slacks??

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!

The End of One Chapter

Tonight I am getting ready to close a chapter in my book. Tomorrow will be my last day working at Disney Floral and Gifts, after one year in that department. When I get home tomorrow afternoon I will get the kids fed and bathed and into bed, and get ready for a new adventure Sunday morning. For the next month I will be getting ready to open the new resort still being built at Disney World, Disney's Art of Animation Resort.

Despite being tired, a little stressed about daycare, and preoccupied, I am ready for a new adventure! The best is yet to come!

Have a great weekend!

A Great Start

This is an exciting night! We are on the eve of new beginnings, and the best is yet to come!

The kids are both asleep in their own beds. L- is asleep in her Big Girl bed. Now that she is 2.5 we have removed the side railings. K- is almost 6 months old and is asleep in her crib. They share a room in a happy little two bedroom apartment we have just moved to in Windermere to save money. There is a happy positive energy here, and the girls are BOTH asleep at the same time!

And so this blog was born. I sit here with a big smile on my face, really understanding how lucky I am!

I have always believed that women CAN have it all. We can love God with all our hearts. We can marry and love our best friends. We can have children and love them with all our hearts, and balance that with working to make necessary income. When I can balance all of these important elements, and in that particular order, I can find a restful peace and happiness. Even when there are still a few dishes in the sink, and my two year old is coughing in bed from her latest cold, and my body is aching from the latest work-out I did to shed the baby weight, I am sitting here knowing how blessed I am!

Every once in a while in life we can tell when we are on the edge of something BIG. Life is about to get exciting and bring big changes, and the best is yet to come! Here we go!