Starting A Course !!! - but leaving the children :-(

Well I’m super excited and a wee bit anxious. I have been looking into going back to college to do a full-time course. I’m hoping to get onto a Childcare course, but there’s a possibility I might not be able to get on that course this September in which case I could be offered a Digital Media course and then I will have the option to do the childcare course the following year.  If I have to do the Digital Media Course first it wouldn’t be a bad thing,  I would actually find it interesting as it involves digital photography, desktop publishing and website design, which would definitely be beneficial in the world of Blogging. :-)

 After spending the last 2 ½ years at home and having the two babies and spending all day every day with the two little ones, they will now be going into a crèche for 6 ½ hrs a day :-Z. I am not too worried about Jack I think he will love it and I think it will do him good to be around other children as he gets bored easily at home. Although, we have spent almost every day together for the last 2 ½ years and we are both so use to being with each other every day, I do worry how this huge change will effect him (and me) and our relationship.  And then the thought of leaving my little lady she still seems soooo small.  When I start the course she will be almost a year old. It’s just going to be a huge change and I am definitely feeling quite anxious about being away from the two kiddies for most of the day.

I know people do this all the time, they have to go back to work etc.. and I know I need to do this to help me get some of my identity back and enable me to work in a job that I want to work in and hopefully be able to work around the children and not the other way round. It will also do me good to be around other adults, I’m getting to the point where I’m forgetting  how to have an adult conversation or talk about anything else but the children.. I suppose the other good thing is the course is 9.30 – 4.30 and it runs in the school terms so I will get time off in the school holidays and the course is only September to May . I know it’s something I have to do it just feels a little daunting  being away from the children. Has anyone else gone through similar experience where they have had to return to work or study full-time after being at home with the children full-time for a long amount of time.

Summer Bucket List

Well it was a lovely day here in Dublin yesterday. I was hoping it might be the beginning of our summer, but I have been told the next couple of days is going to be raining, boo hoo, so sick of this rain!! I’m really looking forward to doing some fun things with Jack this summer now he’s 2 ½ he's beginning to have more of an interest in things.

Here's my list of what I hope to do this summer...

I will add to this when I can think of more things

Go to Dublin Zoo

Have a picnic in Phoenix Park

Go to Pirate Village Dundrum

Go to Beach if the weather gets warm enough

Have a BBQ

Go to a petting farm

Go swimming

Farmleigh Farmers Market

Go to an outdoor movie

Sign up for another run.

Go to a fair

Go to Donegal (Never been there, it is supposed to be beautiful)

Tayto Park

Visit family in the UK
Join a running club/group

Bring Jack to see the steam trains.

Go puddle jumping on a rainy day.

Get Jack on a bouncy castle.

Go to an outdoor gig.

Fly a kite

Make an obstacle course in the back garden.

Go to some family friendly festivals around Ireland. i.e.

Bray Summerfest 6^th July – 6^th August, Ballinamore Family Festival 12-19th August,  Waterford Spraoi  3rd-5th Aug, Waterford Harvest fest 10-16 Sept, Galway Oyster Fest 28^th-30^th Sept

My Baby Girl 8 Months Already

Where does the time go.....

Well this little lady is now flying around the place and into everything, and now that she has found her new freedom she does not like to be put in her travel cot or her highchair and she climbs out of her bouncer seat. She just wants to be free to roam around which isn't always possible when I have a 2 year old running around the place lol ...

 

Women's Mini Marathon in Dublin.

On the 4th July I ran the Flora Women's Mini Marathon. I ran 10k in 57 mins 55 secs. I am delighted with myself. I had been training since April and wanted to finish in under an hour. I'm thinking of signing up for another run now, not for sponsorship but just to keep me training and keep my fitness up. I really enjoyed training for this and found it really therapeutic. I raised €150 for Crumlin Children's Hospital, not a huge amount but better than nothing will do better next year when hopefully I won't have so much going on.

 

I'm Back !!!

Ok it's been a while since I was here. I have had quite a mad month.. I had some personal stuff going on and had some tough decisions to make and whether I have made the right choice remains to be seen,  I'm now just taking each day as it comes....

The 31 day challenge has gone out the window and just as I had caught up aswell !! :-)