What I want

Thanks to a conversation with loupdebois last night, wherein he was kind enough to let me ramble and think out loud, I had a small epiphany.

What I want from a job is enough money to build up a decent nest egg, and enough experience to have something viable to fall back on and possibly do freelance from home a few hours a week.

Because what I really want, old-fashioned as it sounds, is to be a stay-at-home-mom. I want kids, and I want to stay home with them until they're old enough to go to school.

(This is assuming, of course, that my S.O. / husband at the time makes enough money that a one-income household is possible.)

The flip-side is that I'm not going to have kids until I feel I've established myself. I don't want kids when I'm in school and not making much income; and I don't want kids if I'm on a probation or training period at work (eg: the first two years of work before getting a C.A. certification).

Thinking about things in this way have put some of my options into focus:

( How this revelation affects my thoughts on job options )

... That said, now I must go work on my teaching presentation for Tuesday.

Why, damnit?

As today progressed, my throat started getting scratchy and I've been sneezing up a storm.

Wasn't I just sick last month? And the month before that? What's up with me getting sick so much this winter?!?

Of course, I've got a teaching presentation / interview on Tuesday, so if my voice isn't back to 100% by then, things will get really interesting.

Stupid body... why do you hate me?

(Actually, I think it's tied to the really weird weather. Weather goes wonky; Julie's body follows suit.)