In a perfect world the food in the grocery stores would be just as healthy as the local foods that I seek out each week. Weekly I drive to a farm, health food stores, and when in season, farmer's markets to purchase local foods, but lately my families growing bodies seem to be consuming more than we can afford right now. What does all of this mean...I need more money!
While I have had visions of me working in a very natural environment surrounded by like minded people, that just isn't my reality right now. I was babysitting over the school year for a few days each month. As soon as I got paid I was off to purchase raw milk, local meat and eggs, and other foods that I know my husband would have a fit over if he saw the price tag, ie fermented cod liver oil from Green Pasture. Now that summer is here and my babysitting job has ended what's a girl to do? Well, this girl went out and got herself an office cleaning job where I get to scrub with nasty chemicals a few nights each week.
My options were pretty limited for a few reasons, #1 my husband works 52 hours per week so that right there is a huge problem because for reason #2, if I have to pay for childcare for 4 kids while I work I would need a job that pays about $40,000 to even make it worth my while. Which brings me to reason #3, I can't imagine going to work through the day and then coming home and trying to homeschool. I want to work with the kids in the morning when we all feel refreshed and alert. Reason #4, I wanted something where I could just listen to my ipod, do my work, and get paid. So, I went onto craigslist to see what I could find that would allow me to work evenings only, preferably no weekends so that we could be together as a family, and I could be alone...office cleaning.
Even before I ever called about any of the jobs I was whining to my husband about the chemicals that I knew they were cleaning with, but he brought up a few good points. If we ever want to buy a small farm I need to take care of some student loans that are still hanging over my head AND that worrying about the chemicals would probably kill me before the cleaners do. I am sometimes amazed that we are both Pisces, I am everything that a Pisces is and he is the polar opposite! Perhaps that is why we strangely work so well, I only see things through emotions, he is all logic. Anyway, he had a point...sometimes you just need to do what you have to do to get to the place you want to be. Where I want to be is on a small piece of land so we can raise a few animals and have a huge garden, cut out the grocery store as much as possible and consume mostly local foods, have more money for homeschooling activities, and eventually get a certification in traditional foods (I would love to turn my passion for traditional foods into a career). All of these things can be more easily attained with a little bit more money added to our monthly budget.
He came home this morning to watch the kids while I went for an interview. When I came home and told him that I might start training on Friday evening he said that as a celebration gift he would buy me a box of masks and latex gloves. What a guy!
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