Tomorrow, I start teaching photography at Park Camps. It's a day camp, and the session I teach will last for three weeks. While I'm teaching, I have to leave Ruth behind.
I'm a little sad, of course. Mostly, I'm nervous and excited. I know that it will be hard to get up every day and leave the house (especially since I have no chance of sleeping in to recover from the unpredictable nights we're having here), but I also know that it will make me more grateful for the time I have with Ruth. It will teach me needed lessons of understanding and patience with my husband and others who will be watching her for me.
I am, most of all, thankful that this job comes upon the heels of Steve's layoff two weeks ago. We really need this income, and it's a great boost to our hopes and plans to be able to pay the rent this month and not fear that we're going to fall behind on our bills. Friends and family have been inviting us over for meals, and we've taken steps to cut back on things so that we can last a little longer.
I love my precious daughter, and both of us have agreed that we'll do whatever it takes to keep her out of daycare and with at least one of us around. Soon enough she'll be walking and out on her own, so these moments are precious and we'd like to have as many of them as we can.
Who knows what the future holds!
