The job that I have right now as a nanny was a fixed term job... i.e. I started in October, and it is supposed to end on March 18. Now the plan was that after March 18, I would find a new job. But now that I am going to be pregnant, and having a baby beginning of July, I wasn't really convinced I would be able to find a job for only a few months. Well, turns out, one of the families I work for wants me to continue working for them, looking after their little boy Hugo. Most likely I would also be looking after the 3 year old daughter of one of their friends (a similar nanny share relationship that we are currently in). The good news, I will now have a job with the same income for an additional 3 months. This will be very helpful, seeing how I won't be having an income for quite some time after that. Now I'm just a little nervous about trying to look after 2 little munchkins right up until we have a baby of our own. I guess it would give me a taste of what it would be like to have 2 kids of my own and be pregnant with a 3rd... but I can't even fathom having 3 kids right now, I'm still trying to make myself believe we're going to have one!
Anyway, I think it will be challenging to be working all the way until June, and I don't know how people do it! Maybe I will feel wonderful, and not be that big and uncomfortable at "the end." I'll keep my fingers crossed, and keep reminding myself that we NEED that money! Once I'm out of work, it will be slightly challenging living off of Mark's income, which is just his student stipend he gets for his pHD (which is pretty impressive that he gets paid at all to study)! Pretty soon he is going to start tutoring at Victoria, so he'll be getting paid to teach undergrads. He has also been offered a coaching job, which will be a huge pain since it's in the mornings 3 days a week from like 6:30-7:30 (yes, before he as to go to work... and remember, we only have one car, so guess who gets to get up early and play chauffeur??) BUT the more money the better, right?? And better to be super busy working and making money before the baby gets than after, right? I just keep telling myself that all the hours he puts in to studying and reading and learning are going to make his research that much better, which will get him back to Stanford for his post doc, and then we can be back in the bay area! Woohoo!
As for me, I'm still trying to find a career path. NOT as a nanny, clearly. I must say, I do enjoy it, I love working with kiddies, but once I have my own, I think I will have my fill of diapers and play time and feeding and crying... I want to find a job that I can work from home, or at least work part time, and be able to build it into a career once the kids are in school or old enough to be on their own... pretty much exactly like what my mom did. :) I'll have to do some thinking about this one... Maybe my mom (the accountant) was on to something...
Anyway, I think it will be challenging to be working all the way until June, and I don't know how people do it! Maybe I will feel wonderful, and not be that big and uncomfortable at "the end." I'll keep my fingers crossed, and keep reminding myself that we NEED that money! Once I'm out of work, it will be slightly challenging living off of Mark's income, which is just his student stipend he gets for his pHD (which is pretty impressive that he gets paid at all to study)! Pretty soon he is going to start tutoring at Victoria, so he'll be getting paid to teach undergrads. He has also been offered a coaching job, which will be a huge pain since it's in the mornings 3 days a week from like 6:30-7:30 (yes, before he as to go to work... and remember, we only have one car, so guess who gets to get up early and play chauffeur??) BUT the more money the better, right?? And better to be super busy working and making money before the baby gets than after, right? I just keep telling myself that all the hours he puts in to studying and reading and learning are going to make his research that much better, which will get him back to Stanford for his post doc, and then we can be back in the bay area! Woohoo!
As for me, I'm still trying to find a career path. NOT as a nanny, clearly. I must say, I do enjoy it, I love working with kiddies, but once I have my own, I think I will have my fill of diapers and play time and feeding and crying... I want to find a job that I can work from home, or at least work part time, and be able to build it into a career once the kids are in school or old enough to be on their own... pretty much exactly like what my mom did. :) I'll have to do some thinking about this one... Maybe my mom (the accountant) was on to something...
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