got a job interview....help!

[Philly]

Have been thinking about going back to work on and off for a while now,but suddenly a contact has come up with something and I am seeing them next week.
dh has recently changed jobs and has taken a big paycut,hopefully only temporarily and I had been stressing myself about whether I would ever be able to get a job,but now it might be happening I'm terrified and can't help thinking how much I like my life at home etc.ds3 is starting 2 days at nursery in September and for the first time ever I would have had some time to myself,selfish I know but it was an attractive prospect especially as dh was meant to be on holiday this week but guess what he is at work again.
However this may be too good an opprtunety to miss and if I don't go back soon I may be too out of date to get back into things again plus the big 40 is dawning next year.
Paaradoxically also terrified that I won't get the job!!A weekend of mugging up looms.

That's a tricky one Philly as I can see how tempting it must be to say Sod It! and have some time to yourself with DS3 going to nursery.
PErhps you could draw up a list of reasons for and against taking the job to help you get a clearer picture of whether you would really want it. Or go for it anyway and worry about whether you want it or not after they've offered it toyou!

You're right I should just go for it and wonder about it aftre I know more,the thing is my job is fairly technical and if I have much longer off then I will be too out of date to get back in,also the money would come in useful and I feel that I should try and take some of the pressure off dh to always be the provider.

Anyone elso have any comments

don,t know, it's always a dilemma, isn't it? go with your gut instinct,I'd say and do it in terms of what you'd regret not doing looking back - ie time at home or this particular work opportunity? Having said that, much easier to advise than to do myself - often feel I've done the wrong thing on this!

You've got nothing to lose by giving it a go. You might like it, you might not but you'll never know unless you try. You can always stop again presumably if you don't like it? I've done both (SAHM and working) and I find working easier!

there's an old but good interview thread here