Another Kindergartener

Our school re-registration started today.  I just registered not only all four kids to the same school for the first and only time(6th, 5th, 3rd, and K), but I just registered my youngest for kindergarten.  Happy for him and sad for me.  He never does like that he's alone with Mom all day.  He loves me, but he loves the house being nice and chaotic.  He's going to love school.  He likes to read and can read simple words with Mom's help and can almost count to 20.  He's more physical than my others were at this age so I hope he won't end up getting in trouble for hitting or wrestling.  He doesn't follow instructions the first time, so that will be a challenge for him.  He loves learning all about new things though, so he'll love it.  I'm not sure I will.  This will be the first year in 11 years that I'll be alone during the day.  I still have things to do, but I will be alone.  I told Seth that he's going to school soon with the kids and Mom's going to stay at home alone.  He looked concerned and told me that Dad would come home to be with me.  I told him that Dad had to work and Seth took his stuffed Lala and shoved it into my face telling me that Lala could be with me.  From him, that is the highest compliment.

This year I won't have any carpoolers, so it's just us.  On the one hand, it's nice to not worry about anyone but ourselves. On the other hand I will be driving to and from school three times a day... that's more than an hour in the car without leaving the city.  Plus whatever volunteering I do.  Maybe I'll volunteer in each of the kids classes just because I can.  I decided not to try to work while I have a kindergartener because of pick up and drop off schedules, but I might get a part time job at the school or something freelance when everyone is full time, just so I'm not bored. My goal is to still be flexible enough to be home summers and breaks as well as have something that will be fun for my brain and possibly for our finances.  Maybe I'll just sign up for a temp agency... then I can accept or reject jobs as I want.  Or I can be a lunch lady.  I almost applied for the school's bookkeeping job when it came open this last year, but I didn't want to leave Seth quite yet.  I would love to do something with photography... possibilities.  Maybe I'll just have to repaint and remodel the house for a while first.  Or read our entire library.  I have some neighbors who will be in similar situations, maybe we'll start a kidless playday.