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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  My child and my friends kids are all between ages 3-4, so many of them haven't dealt with before/after care or camps yet because like I said, everyone I know who works full-time either has an au pair (majority of families), one spouse works from home and can cover, or they have local grandparents who babysits/nannies regularly.  So they aren't scrambling to find coverage for sick/snow days or summers as much.  The logistics of figuring all this out do seem incredibly overwhelming since spouse's job is 100% inflexible so it all falls on me.  So far it's been easy because any sick/snow days and all summer is just me, spouse has never taken any time off for any of these situations.  It's challenging to try to figure out how I would get all that time covered, especially since new jobs usually have limited vacation time.

But the logistics aside, my question is more of what can I do with my degrees and my limited work experience.  I preferred the school counseling aspect of my job to teaching.  I can try to find sub jobs as a first step to getting back into things but I want to explore what else I could possibly do with a JD and a master's in special education.  I'm having difficulty envisioning job possiblities for myself.  I guess having an actual career is probbably not realistic at this point.

Thanks![/quote]

Do you need the money or you just want to be doing something out of the house? If the latter, why not keep the part-time job you have, which at least pays something, and then volunteer at one or two organizations that are meaningful to you? Keep the hours reasonable so you can still pick up your child and not have to do after care and all that stuff. I mean it sounds like you enjoy being a SAHM, and nothing wrong with that, so why not preserve more of it by working fewer hours. If you embark on a "career," you will lose that time with your child. And I say this as a full-time working mother who loves her career and her kids. But having a career is not for everyone. A job is plenty for many people. Unless you feel a strong push to have a career as opposed to a job -- and it seems like you haven't up until now -- why not just allocate your time a bit differently so you get to spend a ton of time with your child, have some time for you, work at a job you love, do some volunteering, pursue hobbies -- etc. Many people would kill for a setup like that. [/quote]

OP here.  We don't need my salary.  The issue is that I feel like I have wasted my potential, and this bothers me every single day.  I am happy that I was able to find a job that worked for my schedule as a SAHM, and I have done very well in this job and receive great performance reviews, and I would get a great reference from this job.  But I want something more intellectually.  I was a smart girl in high school and college, and also did well in law school but never was able to find a good career fit. [/quote]

Wow you weren't kidding. It's like Al from Married With Children reliving their quarterback glory days in high school.  At least OP didn't have to have their money worries nor sell shoes!![/quote]

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