A Big Decision

I love kids. I don't mind watching them. However, after months of watching someone else's child full time can get pretty rough. Especially when the child is the same age as yours and they're both transitioning onto their terrible twos. My friends have noticed how I almost always appear worn out and that my anxiety seems pretty high.
I had two babies and things to do and almost no way of doing them. I had things I wanted to do and no way to do them. I would try to crank everything into a two day weekend when my husband was home and when I had no additional bean sprout. I loved the little girl I babysat but it was just becoming too much.
To go anywhere on a weekday before six in the evening (when the extra child went home) I needed assistance. I could tell this bugged my friend that I had tobhave people she didn't really know around her daughter but what am I suppose to do? The stress was eating me alive so I finally decided to make a decision that would better benefit me and my family.
I quit full time babysitting. Unfortunately for my friend, my two weeks notice came at a rather unpleasant time for her. Sometimes I just need to do something for me.
With the holidays around the corner I didn't have much time left to wait for the right time to quit. The holidays get majorly busy for us. There is a reason I chose to stay at home and I'm glad I get to go back to that reason.