I want to be home when they get home

I'm feeling like I'm not getting as many sub jobs as I would like to have...and I think I'm okay with that.  I'm allowing myself to not work at all at one of the elementaries, to only work 1/2 days in certain grades at another elementary, and to work mostly only 1/2 days at the third elementary, and I generally avoid middle school like the plague.  If that means that there is no high school job available and I am home for the day, so be it.  I want to make sure I am home when my kids get home.  I'm sure on many levels it doesn't matter to them, but I am also certain that on a level none of us even realize, it does make a difference.  When they walk in the door I always ask how the day was, if there is anything I need to know, and whether or not there is any homework.  Even if they don't share much, there is some conversation happening about the day.  I want to make sure I can make that happen.

As track begins, it is a little easier as both boys are doing track and Catherine is fabulously responsible and independent.  But even then, I want to be home more often than I am not.  I want to build up our savings again after doing the bathroom last summer, but I also trust that taking care of my family is important.  I am so grateful for my husband who supports my perspective, and I'm so grateful for subbing which allows me to have days at home, AND days where I get paid!