Stay At Home Mom?

The more I think about it the more I want to quit my job and stay home with Baby Cayden. It is something that I really want and something that I think Baby Cayden really needs. The biggest obstacle standing between our family and this goal right now is…money, of course. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out a way to make the numbers work. Heck, I’ve been losing sleep over this.

It finally dawned on me. Where do I work? The University of Phoenix. What is the main purpose of this company? Teaching working adults. Why the heck don’t I just starting teaching for University of Phoenix instead of being a full-time employee? I can teach class one night a week for 5 weeks and then start a new class.

I wouldn’t make as much teaching as I do in my current position, but the extra money would help tremendously. Plus, once I get adapted to teaching I could take on more courses. Ideally I would like to teach two classes at a time; one campus course and one online course.

There is, however, one little glitch in this great plan of mine. In order to teach at University of Phoenix you need to have your master’s degree for at least two years. I’ve had my masters degree for just one year. However, I do personally know the Director of Academic Affairs and I am going to ask him to waive this requirement for me. I think he might. I truly hope he does.

So here is the lowdown. If I can start teaching and Chad gets a raise (he is supposed to be getting one—fingers crossed) then I can quit my job. Or, if I teach two classes I can quit my job; Chad will not even need to get a raise, but if he does it will make it that much better.

Originally we had planned on having Chad quit his job and stay home with the baby. We thought of this because I have way better benefits than him; including insurance, 401k, vacation, career path, etc. However, after giving it more thought. It seems to make so much more sense to have me quit my job and teach. I just hope it works out. I am excited about this—maybe too excited.

I will keep you posted. Fingers crossed!