3 Month Update

Well I have been back to work now for 3 months after a 12 month break! Holay Molay do I miss being a stay at home mom. I am on the go from 6:00 am until somedays 8:00 pm.

I work full time as a family support worker. I facilitate parenting groups as well as life skills groups to woman and men. It is a very rewarding job.I  am able to use my own life experience as well as education and work experience. 

So far I have missed the following : Basketball games, Hockey practice, Dance recitals, Parent Teacher Interviews, and thats just to name a few. Today however, I made it to the dentist appointment to hold my sons hand. 

Do I feel guilt? You bet I do. I remember being a single mom of 6 and having to constantly find a sitter and miss everything just to put food on the table.  After getting remarried I still had to find sitters and help put food on the table.

I now only have 3 children left at home the responsibilities are still the same but our grocery bill has gone down. 

Still no grandchildren to add to the family so my husband and I are talking about having a child of our own. 40 is not to old!

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees or Does It?

Having raised 8 children on my student allowance and both my spouse and I having full-time jobs has not been an easy task. I am seriously thinking that our children think we went to the back yard and pulled it out of the trees.

As I mentioned on my twitter it is not easy having children (18 and over) who are trying to make it on their own. If anything it is way more expensive than food and diapers. 

I honestly think they are wondering when the money tree is going to start growing in their backyards.

OK, 2 are in post secondary, trying to pay both their tuition fees and help them with their rent and buy groceries and gas for the other vehicle is like paying to maintain 2 households at once :(

I understand that post-sec is an investment, at least thats how I look at it, and I dont know if I will get a return on that investment anytime soon.

Finish school and get jobs and live on your own and live up life, I once told them, well they finished school and not only are they starving students we are starving parents.

Don't get me wrong I am super proud of all my children, very proud, I know it hasn't always been a smooth ride. The cards were stacked against them but they made it.

My husband is at work for the evening and I am back to my blog for the remainder of the summer :) just thought I would throw that in there.

Who else out there has money management stress while supporting their post sec student/children? or am I the only one who did not forsee this financial struggling future for myself???