Holly's last day of school is tomorrow. That should be fun. Her plans for the summer are to take care of Brennon and teach vacation bible school for a couple of weeks. She needs a vacation after the kid beat her up. Of course they don't know any better since they are MR and don't know what they are doing. She didn't get bruised, just her pride got hurt. Some people are like, "why is Holly working anyways?" So I shall now attempt to answer that question. It is really a multi-part question. I can tell that some people have this kind of attitude that we are doing an injustice by letting Holly work. It is a weird feeling. For some reason I hear their unspoken words.

The first question is "why can't she be a stay at home mom". Now I don't have anything against stay-at-home moms(stahm). Matter of fact I know alot of them and I admire them as they sacrifice a career for their families. Holly is not like them. I have known her for wow, 6 years now, and can tell you being a stahm would not do her or Brennon any good. She would be happy at first and then it would become depressing. She would end up analyzing everything because she would be bored and that would lead to a depression. Boredom does not suit her. Maybe being a stahm with a 4 year old is exciting, but a baby, not really. I'd be more comfortable if she was a stahm when Brennon is 3 than now.

Of course the number one reason she is working is obvious, we want the money. Sure we could get by with one income but both of us have a quality of life that we like and we have the ability to pay off debts faster. Also, it is not like she is working a 12 month job with 2 weeks vacation. She gets roughly a 3 month vacation a year. That is alot. Being a teacher with a baby is a good deal. Brennon also gets more socializing being around other kids at his babysitter. He likes to listen to children laughing on the iPhone. It mesmorizes him. He watches other kids play. He gets Spanish fed to him as well. He will probably start speaking it soon as well. He would go stir crazy living at home alone during the day. He needs other kids and more stimulation. I think it is actually better that he have more than one outlet for caregiving than just parents.

The second question is "why is she teaching in Oak Cliff?" Well, we all know she would get to school quicker if she was in Plano or Frisco. However, she leaves so early in the morning she avoids rush hour. It takes her 45 minutes to get to downtown Dallas. I leave in rush hour and it takes me 45 minutes just to get to north Dallas. The number one answer is she likes her job. She likes her principle and been places she didn't like. I know from my experience job hopping that if you find a place you like you should stick to it. It really is up to her where she teaches and I am sure she has even more reasons. So anyways. Those are the reasons. I am sure for some families they need a sahm. We don't. Holly is happy. I am happy. Brennon is happy. Life is good.