Next Thursday, my daughter will already turn ten months old. Goodness! Yes, she will be turning a year old in two months time, but it will also mean that my maternity leave will soon be over!
Before I gave birth to her, I thought that one year of staying in the house will be the longest twelve months of my life. But, I was proven wrong! Not a dull moment at home! I think, instead of having rest at home, I will get to have my "rest" once I go back to work.
After my one month holiday in Manila, I will be back doing my requirements for my return to work, next school year.Whenever I visit the CEO Parramatta website, I see a lot of openings for next school year. I hope, I will be lucky when I apply.
I plan to apply for a permanent part-time position, probably just working three days a week. But if I will not be lucky to have a permanent post, I will still be OK with my casual teaching (for the meantime), anyways, Sam and Liam are still very young. Working full time will require a lot on my part and either my family life or career will suffer if I work full time now. As they say, you can't have two masters. And it's just money. You can always earn it, and God will for sure provide. I can't gamble the time I will be spending with my kids over work. I choose family.But given the choice, being a casual for the next 2-3 years will be perfectly fine with me. With my casual work, I get to teach and earn and at the same time and still do my duties and responsibilities at home :-)
Next school year officially starts January 2012. So, I better make the most out of my last 4 months, before I go back to work :-) My maternity leave helped me. I think it was a break that I needed. If before, I was scared of the thought of going back to work after being away for a year, now, I feel the exact opposite!
Yep, my maternity leave will soon be over... I can't wait to go back to work (on my conditions of course hehehe) :-)
