. . . And Making Money Doing It
Alysia, Paige, and I went back to the center today. All I heard was "When can we write more letters?" I was so touched. I'm a little worried. Shawn informed me that we may be moving within the next 3 months. It took me so long to get those kids trust, and to build their friendship, if we move, that'll screw things up. So I'm praying that we don't get moved. Shawn called and just as I suspected, his dad was only using surgery as an excuse for Shawn to go to NY. Shawn's dad has been lonely, and I know Shawn feels his pain. Everytime Shawn is home, John calls and uses some excuse for why Shawn needs to go visit him. I wish I could understand why he's like that, but he is. Shawn will be home on Tuesday now, and unfortunately for me, my father-in-law is coming home with him. Yay. . . Someone asked me in a comment if my sister was living with me, well. . . She comes to visit for the summer. She doesn't live here during school, but my dad isn't around much and he doesn't like to leave her home alone. Also Paige and I have spent the last 5 summers together, and so its sort of becoming a tradition.
Um. . . I'm feeling a little better now. I was really upset this morning, but Paige and I talked for a bit, not really on my being depressed, but just talk. It seemed to help, it's been so long since she and I have just talked. With nothing in the way, just talking. She's grown up so much since the last time I saw her. My mom would be so proud of how she's turning out. I know she's only 12, but I can see, she has a lot of my mom's personality, and she also reminds me of myself (poor girl).
Anyways, back to my spill about my job, I have a steady summer job now. My boss asked to speak with me after I was done talking with the one girl who missed the letter writing yesterday. My boss took me to his office, and he asked if I'd like to come in and do things with the kids to keep their minds running throught the summer. I mentioned that since I had Alysia, and Paige, that I wouldn't be able to come in very often, at least not until things get settled at home, and his reply was, "We want you, Emma Leigh. The kids love you, we think you could do great things with the center. If it would help any, you can do your own schedule, and if you name it, you got it." So how can I resist an offer like that? I'm so excited. I have a classroom, and my own office. I haven't talked to Shawn about it yet. But I'm sure he'll be just as excited. When Shawn's home he can stay with Alysia, so she wouldn't really be a problem. It's a job that I've already been trained for, and it's something I love to do. I haven't told my boss an answer yet, I was going to ask you all what you thought first. I'll probably take the summer job, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea, being that I just had a baby, and my sister's home, but it's a good offer. So, I don't know. Let me know what you think on the whole situation, I'm lost and I need my friend's opinions!
Emma