Resolved

March 22, 2011  |  Posted by ClumberKim  

The problem I mentioned earlier is resolved. I canceled my registration for photography class. It came down to putting my kids first, and being a total scaredy-cat about walking home by myself late at night. A part of me still thinks taking the class is one of the ways I put on my own oxygen mask first. On the other hand, if it’s as much fun as writing class, I’ll end up being even more frustrated that I can’t devote time to it.

Before I went back to work in 2008, I predicted this would happen. I wrote (not here) that I feared becoming bitter and resentful and overwhelmed. Yep. Here we are.

I know bailing on the class is the right thing to do. It’s just another of those times when being a grown-up sucks big hairy donkey balls. (I’ll bet saying that won’t get me nearly as many comments as mentioning my son’s penis!)

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  • http://westofmars.com Susan West of Mars

    My kids are older, although from your Tweets, I’d say you’re wiser than me. Hopefully you’ll believe me anyway when I say that your time WILL come. Hang in there.

  • http://clumberkim.com ClumberKim

    Pretty sure I’m not wiser, and at 45? Tickety tock.

  • http://headlessfamily5.blogspot.com/ Headless Mom

    It happens. And there will be a time when it’s fine to take the class. We all sacrifice for our kids one way or another.

  • http://twitter.com/redpenmama redpenmama

    Honestly, the number of things I have had to put on the back burner for my children (poetry, running, knitting) depresses the shite out of me. But I try to take deep breaths, and remind myself that as they get older, I will be able to go back to having hobbies. It doesn’t help that my husband is also starting a private practice at this time! Let’s hang in there together, and then take a writing class sometime!

  • http://clumberkim.com ClumberKim

    I was reading your post and thinking how much fun it would be to take a class with you. Deesha’s upcoming “non-fiction storytelling” would be fantastic (not that you need it — you could teach it!). Great minds….

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