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I am hoping that some of you have made this transition as well & can give me your experience on how it went. I have mostly been a SAHM since my girls were born. I went to grad school in the nights when they were babies & have worked relief at our local hospital for the past few years (that usually amounts to a few days/month at most). It has worked well for the kids, but we are just sinking financially.
Ideally, I would love to work part-time, but finding a 20 hr/wk job (or something around that) in my field is extremely hard where we live. I honestly have been looking for close to two years. I have a job opportunity that sound very promising at another hospital in town, but it is full-time with somewhat odd hours (some very early mornings like 5:30am & some very late nights like 10pm). I am the only person with whom they are speaking (interviewing) at this point & I should know something more next week. It sounds like a really good fit for my background, but I am so torn about being away from home so much. Unfortunately, although it would likely pay more than my dh makes, it is not enough for us to afford him to be a SAHD.
So, for those of you who transitioned from SAHM to full-time WOHM, how did it go? Tell me that your kids survived & you all aren't miserable trying to put fast food dinners on the table at 6pm please! I am vegan & tend to cook a lot of gourmet meals from scratch at this point, grow a big garden & just do a lot around here that I am really worried will go away with me gone so much. I just don't want to totally compromise our quality of life even though I know that us being less financially stressed should technically improve our quality of life!
BTW, dds will be 5 & 7 in a few months & going into kindergarten & 2nd grade in the fall.
Ideally, I would love to work part-time, but finding a 20 hr/wk job (or something around that) in my field is extremely hard where we live. I honestly have been looking for close to two years. I have a job opportunity that sound very promising at another hospital in town, but it is full-time with somewhat odd hours (some very early mornings like 5:30am & some very late nights like 10pm). I am the only person with whom they are speaking (interviewing) at this point & I should know something more next week. It sounds like a really good fit for my background, but I am so torn about being away from home so much. Unfortunately, although it would likely pay more than my dh makes, it is not enough for us to afford him to be a SAHD.
So, for those of you who transitioned from SAHM to full-time WOHM, how did it go? Tell me that your kids survived & you all aren't miserable trying to put fast food dinners on the table at 6pm please! I am vegan & tend to cook a lot of gourmet meals from scratch at this point, grow a big garden & just do a lot around here that I am really worried will go away with me gone so much. I just don't want to totally compromise our quality of life even though I know that us being less financially stressed should technically improve our quality of life!
BTW, dds will be 5 & 7 in a few months & going into kindergarten & 2nd grade in the fall.