A Baby and Toddler in My Future?

An opportunity for me to babysit a 3 month old boy and a 2 year old girl - five days a week after work.  Back late last year, I put a profie on a website that is use for both parents and babysitters to connect with each other in their local area.  I have many many years prior to meeting E that babysitting was always a part of my life, but during the first year of meeting E and as our relationship got more serious, I pulled myself away from the babysitting to fully focus on our relationship.  During the first year we were living in PA and I couldn't find a full-time job, I did a bunch of babysitting then but that only lasted for a couple months before I secured a full-time job at a private school.

I got an e-mail on Friday from a woman who lives in the next town over that is looking for a sitter for her above children.  It is a request for helping her by picking up the kids from daycare and taking them home and start feeding them dinner before she is able to arrive home.  So basically, it would be for only an hour to an hour and half each day.  The daycare is located in the town that I work so that is good and the drive to their house is the same way I currently drive home from work.  We are set to meet each other on Wednesday evening.

Of course, at dinner on Friday evening I talked with E about this opportunity (as he didn't even know I had made a profile on this website) and how he felt about it.  He is totally onboard, as long as I feel it is something I really want to take on.   These are some of my reasons:

1. I love children and always will no matter that I will never have my own.
2. Extra income for us - we do want to own a home again and to be able to add this extra monies to achieve this goal would be so helpful.
3. My job is getting to me. I want to be in a school environment again and around children.  In my current job I don't want to dedicate alot of time or brain power to anymore.  I want to be able to just put in my 7 1/2 hours a day and no more.  This side job will give me that out, so to speak, to have a commitment outside of my full-time job.  No overtime work and no attending after work required functions (which I dislike).
4. I will be around children.  Something I feel is more meaningful than what I do now.  I am so tired of dealing with people there and all the drama.  I want to care about the little things in life that matter and for me to take care of these little ones who are dependent on you and are just thrilled to see you...that is what life is about.

I am excited with alittle bit of apprehension.  I hope the Mom likes me and I have my "old" approach with the little ones that always worked in the past. It has been more than 6 years since I have been around little ones in my charge.  I am praying I haven't lost my touch.

I was so relieved to hear from the Mom that the one of the reasons she contacted me over some of the other profiles is the fact that I am a mature woman.  She wants someone who is very responsible as her little ones will be driving in this person's car from daycare to home. 

This opportunity won't begin until mid-October as the Mom is going back only part-time and then full-time in mid-October with hours that conflict with the hours of the daycare pickup at the end of the day.  I have the flexibility in my hours to change them slightly, but  (I will have to get the blessing of my boss which I don't forsee an issue as long as it is still a 7.5 hour work day).

I feel that this opportunity was given to me to pursue as a positive sign from God, we shall see.