It's not that I don't enjoy teaching to some degree (I don't love it but it's okay) I'm just a little nervous about teaching now that I have two kids in the house. More often then not Ray's not here to watch them while I'm teaching which can become very difficult with Addison; she really enjoys being in with the kids during the lesson. I try to distract her with the tv but she's not a big fan; sometimes she just ends up banished to her crib with a bunch of toys.
I don't think the single lessons will be too bad, it's more of the back-to-back that becomes more difficult. Especially Mondays. Ray has toastmasters in the evening & I have four lessons with just 15-45 minutes between them. The worst is that they don't end until around Addison's bedtime which means she's getting cranky & it's difficult for me to feed her dinner.
While Kate's still easy to take care of, I still need to take care of her so that's just one more thing to make teaching more daunting. Thankfully, I think I'll be able to arrange her nursing around my teaching today but I know there were times when I had to nurse Addison during lessons so I know I can do it with Kate. I just hate to as it feels unprofessional & I'm sure it's a bit distracting to the kids.
If this wasn't such easy good money I'd seriously try to find something else to do from home. Right now there's just nothing else that pays this much for the same amount of work. So, I think I need to take the advice of my 4-year-old cousin and
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