Looking forward to a new phase

I'm sorry my blog has been so dormant; I had such high hopes at the start, but oh well!

Sometimes it seems that my home-life is pretty simple - no kids or pets to care for, no family in town to spend time with. In spite of that seeming simplicity, I've managed to keep a rather busy life going, complete with a part-time job out of the home, piano lessons 4 afternoons a week that usually stretch into the evening, accompanying local musicians when the opportunity arises (which has been frequently as of late), a choir at church, a choir in the community, and dabbling in local theater productions. As I try to balance all of the "stuff", my head can start to spin a bit, although it is often great fun to be so active.

In the midst of all this, my simple home life has become a rather messy home life; I feel I can never catch up with laundry and cleaning, meal-planning and grocery shopping, much less gardening and around-the-house projects I've been intending to do for months. I enjoy spending the late evening hours relaxing with my hubby, but during the day it is HARD to find (er, make) time to keep my home as nice as I would like it to be.

Furthermore, we are hoping to start down the road of adoption this year, as we would like to increase our family and be parents. I know that when that happens, I'll need to cut back on a lot of the activities that keep me so busy, but that's OK; it'll be SO WORTH IT!!!! The process of adoption will take a lot of research and devotion and attention to detail; in short, it will take TIME.

Where am I going to get this time? I am quitting my part-time job. I don't actually get to finish working there until June (possibly even July...), but I am excited about the new things ahead. I so enjoy sharing my music with others through teaching and performance, and I know that more opportunities will present themselves as time moves on. The job has been a bit of a "safety net" financially, and it is time for us to be brave and move forward without it. It is a step of faith, especially for my hubby, and we are taking it together.

I am SO excited!!!!!!!