Operation ME*
Next week, I become a freelance editor for real. The sitter will watch The Girl on Monday and Tuesday mornings while The Boy is at school. It's 10 hours of babysitting, and I should be able to break even with 8 hours of work per week (after taxes).
There's some work in the pipeline, but I don't know how regular it will be. I'm going to give it a shot for 6 weeks or so and re-evaluate. If nothing else, I'll be a more regular blogger.
It's amazing how much emotion has gone into the contemplation of this relatively paltry amount of time away from The Girl. She's entered a renewed stranger anxiety phase so there will no doubt be tears on Monday--hopefully from only one of us.
*Mommy Employment
Congratulations and good luck!
Posted by: cat, galloping | March 28, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Good luck!
And clearly she has using a crib sheet (har har) from Ask Moxie about typical 9 month old behavior :-)
Posted by: Kate | March 28, 2008 at 06:19 PM
Oh yay! Good news. It will all work out, even if you have a rough start.
Posted by: Jill | March 28, 2008 at 08:26 PM
Good luck! I hope it goes well on Monday.
Posted by: Monica | March 28, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Good luck! I hope it all works out perfectly. :-)
Posted by: caramama | March 28, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Congrats!
Posted by: midlife mommy | March 29, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Good for you. I hope it works out :)
Posted by: Toni | March 30, 2008 at 12:36 PM