It is the last day of 2008. It is also the last day I will be a part of corporate America. I'm just wrapping up a couple things to hopefully make it is easier for my successors, but I'm pretty much all done.
I won't pretend I'm not completely thrilled. It's been a wonderful job, and I have nothing but nice things to say about Omniture. But it's also been a huge source of stress and a huge burden. Lori and I have talked about the pain of being a WAHM (that's Work-At-Home-Mom)- you can' feel like a good employee because you spend too much time focusing on your baby, and you can't feel like a good mommy because you spend too much time focusing on your job. No matter what you do, you fail. "No man can serve two masters" I guess.
It has always been my goal to be a stay-at-home mom. I've never been interested in permanent career life. I've known many admirable women who either by choice or obligation have worked after having kids- my mom was one of them and she did a great job of being both an employee and a mom. But then, I think she likes being busy. She's a very productive woman. I'll admit, I like my life a little slower than that. I get easily overwhelmed.
When I married Kenny, I knew there would be both advantages and disadvantages to being married to a school teacher. The last 2 weeks have been great, I LOVE that he gets to spend holidays and summers with his family. But living off just a school teacher's salary will be difficult- neither of us have any delusions about that. Fortunately for both of us, neither of us are big spenders. I would never have quit until we had proved we could live off of just his salary- my last 6 or so paycheck have gone straight to savings, so we're in decent shape.
So anyways, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, and we're very happy (all three of us, and Lucy too). Like, I don't know when I've felt more relieved.
I wonder how long it will be before I stop dreaming about how to track website info using javascript.
P.S. If anyone knows a techy person in Utah valley looking for a job, Omniture is a wonderful place to work!
BTW, I will be mailing away my cell phone back to work this week, so if you have my cell phone number (801-471-4658) you will need to change it to my home number (281-two five one-two four zero seven). You can always call Kenny's cell to get me too (which is t-mobile, if that makes a difference- 801-four seven one-four six five six).
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9 comments:
jen, that's so great! i'm so impressed that you have worked all this time! but i'm glad that you now get to join those of us who are fortunate enough to stay at home and focus all our love and attention on our sweet babies! it's so much fun and i bet you are going to be amazed at how much time you have to just enjoy little daniel! well done and enjoy your new opportunities!
Congrats to you! I remember feeling a little lonely when I stopped working. You might begin to miss some adult interaction-but kids are so much more worth it.
Congrats on the big change. Life will never be the same, but I've learned in my own job transition that my job is not my life.
Congratulations! That's great news. I know how much you've been looking forward to this. You'll have to bug my sweet wife more now during the days :-)
I'm so happy for you Jen! Kev and I have had to make a lot of sacrifices for me to stay at home with the kids. It is all worth it, and I have never regreted the decision to quit my job. Children are our future!! Raising children is the most rewarding job I can think of! Congrats girl!
Hip hip hooray, i toast my glass to your freedom.
Yay and congratulations!
way to go jenni. that is so great to hear another mom is officially "stay-at-home"! in today's society it is easy to feel like you're not contributing enough by doing a career AND being a mom, (I feel guilty a LOT that it's all on Kris to make the money!) but really we're putting ALL our efforts on raising our cute babies to be good contributors to society!! :)not like you didn't know that, but i just had the thought. anyway, i am so happy for you, being a full time mom is the greatest!!
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