About Me

So, this is my first posting. It has been 2 or 3 weeks since I first set up my blog. So, I guess you can see how hard it is for me to keep up with things.
I figure I should fill everyone in on some basics about me. I was raised in the same little rural town that I now live in. I have two sisters. I am the oldest. I married my high school sweetheart. He was in the Navy for 8 years. While he was in the navy we lived in or visited Indianapolis, Pensacola, San Diego, Jacksonville Fl, and Jacksonville NC. I really had a good time with our travels. I'm sure I'll tell more about that as time goes on. We have two children. Our first, a boy, just turned 3. Our second,a girl, is 2 mo. We live on a farm and have oodles of animals/pets. Again, I'm sure more about that will surface over time.
My main reason for starting this blog (besides that everybody else is doin' it) is that there have been a lot of changes in my life lately. I think it will be therapeutic to write about these changes as they unfold. The biggest change right now is adjusting to having 2 children instead of just one. Nobody really tells you what a difference the second child makes.
Now that the second child has arrived my husband and I have decided that I should become a stay at home mom. I have always dreamed of this and now that its a reality I am feeling unsure about things. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to be home with my kids but I feel a strange loss over quiting my job.
I had a great job at a great hospital with a great group of co-workers. I am an OB nurse. I have been a nurse for 11 years and have been doing OB for 9 years. For the last 5 years I have been at the same hospital and have made some really good friends. So, now that I am no longer a working woman, who am I? Am I still a nurse? Will people think of me as a nurse, as a knowledgeable, educated professional? Will people think I'm just a mom? I know there is much more to motherhood and running a household than some people think. I hate for people to think that being just a mom is an easy or lazy job. Maybe I worry too much what others think. I'm sure I do. I can't describe the feeling I have. I just don't know who I am right now and that is a scary feeling.