LIfe is full of changes...

So, one month at the new job and it has been wild.  I have yet to work a full "normal" week.  My hours were supposed to be 12-5, Monday-Friday but I have found myself working some 8-5 days and even a Saturday.  I'm not complaining because we need the money but I am struggling with what normal is anymore.  I feel like I am running in circles trying to keep it all going on and not getting the help that I need in other areas of my life.

I had a revelation of sorts the other day.  This is the first time since 1995 that I have worked in an office environment.  Since that time, I have worked with kids or in a kid-centered environment.  I've done in-home childcare, I've homeschooled, I've taught homeschool kids, I've worked in a homeschool bookstore, I've worked at MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) so really, being back in an environment where there are NO kids and getting to talk to other adults all day has been awesome.

I have made a great new friend who is like my soul-sister - like we were separated at birth.  She has made me laugh and been a true encouragement to me during this transition in to the new job and I thank GOD for her.  She has made me feel less incompetent during this on-going learning process.    

So now it's like I have "work friends" again.  It's weird!  I have my friends, my girls... then there's my homeschool friends, our band friends and now my work friends.  Why I feel the need to categorize, I don't know, but that's what I do.  I'm looking forward to getting to know the girls in the office and doing things with them because it's completely different than going out with the homeschool friends where we talk about the kids.  Honestly, I was about the kids for so long that I really almost cringe when someone mentions theirs.

Bad mom move, I know, but there it is...

It's fun learning about other people's lives and what's going on with them...like a whole fresh start.  I love all of my friends equally, but right now, it's kind of nice to have a clean slate with a new group of people.  It certainly keeps me busy - Friday night I'm going out with work friends, Saturday we're doing stuff with the band, Sunday is church and church friends, Monday night I am doing stuff with my Disney girls, Wednesday I am spending the morning with my girl Danette (who is a class all by herself!) and on and on it goes.

It's nice to know that I'm not too old to make new friends and that I can diversify a bit...