A peony for your thoughts…

In my pre-children life I used to be an Aesthetician.  I started off by working in a spa as a receptionist before heading off to Aesthetics school.  Once I returned, that spa was only giving me hours as a receptionist. So I moved on, to work full time at another spa for a few years.  But it just wasn’t enough for me, working for someone, feeling like there was no room for advancement.  So I moved myself into a hair salon and rented space there, so essentially, running my own business.  It was amazing!! I was working 12 hour days but I was making the big $$$.  The only negatives there were paying rent for my room, the cattiness of working with other women, and the fact that a receptionist answered the phone, which eventually lost me a few clients, because the regulars I would fit in (even if it meant I had to work a 12 hour day) were being told I didn’t have time to fit them in (without asking me first).  So then hubby and I made the decision to build a house and I would run my spa out of the house.  Between the time we talked to the contractor about building to the day we moved in I got pregnant.  It was planned, but one of those, lets just try and see, but who knew I would get pregnant right away.  Running my business out of my home went great!! But as my belly grew my hours shortened, until eventually quitting work about one month before baby was born.

We made the decision to try again for the second (and last) baby, and again, I was pregnant right away.  So I decided to let my clients know that I was planning on having another baby soon so I would not be returning to work.  So, other than the odd pedicure and waxing on friends and family, I have not worked since December 2007.  I really wanted to be a stay at home mom, and hubby liked the idea too (it gets him off the hook of house chores, and cooking).  And with the prices of day care I don’t know how people afford to go to work.  But lately, my brain has been going non-stop with the idea of returning to the aesthetics world.  I’m going to blame my lack of sleep lately on that. 

I just don’t know what to do,  this house has a couple possibilities for setting up shop, but I think since I am at home with the boys all day, I need to go out somewhere and work.  I was thinking that I could have the best of both worlds, and be home with my kids during the day and just work evenings for now until school starts for the boys.  So if I’m going to be home all day with the boys I want to go out to work.  Plus, it wouldn’t be very relaxing for my clients to hear kids running around and screaming.

I have been offered a couple of jobs in spas here, but after I have worked for myself and know what I can make $$ wise, I find it hard to work for someone for $12 an hour.  Since I haven’t been working in the field for a few years, I can’t go and rent a space somewhere, since it would be a while before I build up my client base again.  Some people reading this (that know me) are probably thinking “I thought she said she didn’t want to do aesthetics anymore.”  Well yes, I did, but that was after I had kids and thought I would just be home with them forever.  D will be going to school in a year this September, so I was planning on heading back into the work force then anyways.

I don’t even know why I wrote this post.  If you are still reading it, thanks for listening to my little vent session.  When something is bugging me, I find it helps to write (type) out whats on my mind.

Thanks for listening…

A Peony for Your Thoughts?

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