Today I took the kids I nanny for to Barnes and Noble at Desert Ridge to play on the train table there. As we were walking down the breeze way, Savage Garden came on the outdoor speaker system and rocketed me back to middle school. So naturally, I started dancing with Zakary just to be silly. Apparently a woman sitting outside saw us. She called out to me, "You're a great mother!" I said, "Oh thank you, I'm just their nanny." She started chatting with me and asked if I did anything else besides nanny. I told her I'm about to graduate and am waiting to hear on a job in Flagstaff. She said she loved my personality and wanted to talk to me about working with her in the future.
Now, I realize this could totally be a weird situation with a fake job (I just said I'd give her a call if I didn't get the other job), but nonetheless, I think it was a good reminder that opportunity can be anywhere. In this stressful transition time in my life I think it's important to remember that. I'm really struggling with what I should do in my life. I've even thought of just packing up and moving to Paris. I don't know if Student Affairs is something I really want to do, or if it just seems like the smart thing to do. I'd have a steady career, benefits and my kids could go to school really inexpensively.
I also realize everyone else is going through this, but it's hard! I'm hoping things fall into place soon.
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