Well I did it...
As of next Friday I am unemployed...or a newly liberated stay at home mom. I'm not sure which yet really. I put in my two weeks this past Monday and this Friday will be my last day. I fell pretty good about this decision, if a little nervous. The only difficult time is when I am at work and enjoying talking to other grown ups. Of course I have spent more time chatting this week than the past six weeks combined. This is the last-two-weeks-of-school-before-summer effect. When I get home I find that I am not looking to going back in next week.

Once I finish this week I am going to start approaching my weekdays with Ripley with more structure. If I commit the same work ethic and effort to staying at home as I did with working I hope to finally feel like I am on top of everything instead of playing catch up every week. Also, I hope to start making connections with other moms. I thought working part time would allow me time to try to make social connections for Ripley and I, but that wasn't the case. Now I hope that we both can make some new friends.