It is 8 days to go until we know just how part-time I can go at work, I am so excited!
And as another confirmation, our church is looking for someone to work unpaid one or two days a week to go and be love in the community... sounds perfect, if a little scary for me! And how much more worthwhile than being stuck in an office. Obviously, the main aim to me working part-time is to be a better wife and helpmeet to Hubby, so I won't go filling all those extra hours away from the office with another 'job' however worthwhile it is. But if I work 2 days in the office, one day with church, then I still have 2 whole days of wifeyness.
It struck me last week that many people are not going to understand that I want to be a wife at home. So many first impressions are made based on a)what you look like and b) the job you do. I was at a Christmas meal with Hubby and some of his work colleagues last week, and one of the other wives asked me what I did. I still had to explain my job, but how much more of a confused look will I receive when I say I am a wife and homemaker? Made me feel odd as this realisation hit me. I know it doesn't matter what people think, and its what God thinks that matters, but even so, I was almost compelled in my head to give a detailed explanation and justification for our lifestyle to-be.
And in other news, I found out this morning that one of my friends who I spent most of my teenage years with is pregnant and due in April. Okay, she got married 8 months after I did, and she is 2 years older than me, but while I am totally thrilled for her and her hubby, a tiny weeny bit of me is envious.... Bad tinky! You know you're growing up when your friends start sprouting babies.
And as another confirmation, our church is looking for someone to work unpaid one or two days a week to go and be love in the community... sounds perfect, if a little scary for me! And how much more worthwhile than being stuck in an office. Obviously, the main aim to me working part-time is to be a better wife and helpmeet to Hubby, so I won't go filling all those extra hours away from the office with another 'job' however worthwhile it is. But if I work 2 days in the office, one day with church, then I still have 2 whole days of wifeyness.
It struck me last week that many people are not going to understand that I want to be a wife at home. So many first impressions are made based on a)what you look like and b) the job you do. I was at a Christmas meal with Hubby and some of his work colleagues last week, and one of the other wives asked me what I did. I still had to explain my job, but how much more of a confused look will I receive when I say I am a wife and homemaker? Made me feel odd as this realisation hit me. I know it doesn't matter what people think, and its what God thinks that matters, but even so, I was almost compelled in my head to give a detailed explanation and justification for our lifestyle to-be.
And in other news, I found out this morning that one of my friends who I spent most of my teenage years with is pregnant and due in April. Okay, she got married 8 months after I did, and she is 2 years older than me, but while I am totally thrilled for her and her hubby, a tiny weeny bit of me is envious.... Bad tinky! You know you're growing up when your friends start sprouting babies.
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