After a long, long time spending how I'm going to spend the rest of my life career-wise, I have decided to go and train as a speech therapist which I'm very excited about.
This will involve a 4 year degree course and I hope to start next September 2011 (if I get accepted onto the course). It's pretty much full-time although looking at this year's timetable, I would probably get Monday morning off and Wednesday and Friday afternoons off. Long university holidays (longer than school holidays). By next year all my 3 children will be at school, although dd3 will only be in reception.
I know it will be hard but I really, really want to do this and once I am qualified it's very easy to get part-time/flexible work. But I am already feeling guilty about not being there for the children. Luckily financially we can afford good childcare and I hope to find a mother's help who drives and can ferry the children around when I'm not there and start tea so they can be in their own home.
Has anyone done anything like this? How did you cope? I've been a SAHM for nearly 10 years which I've really loved doing but I've always said I would go back to work when they were older and as the course takes 4 years and I'm 38 already I don't want to wait much longer to start it.
Any advice/tips?