We have had some recent changes at our house. This week will be the first week of my new schedule. I have decided to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday days from 6am-6:30pm. I actually really liked working nights. I loved the people that I worked with. However my family really missed me and I missed being home for Zeland and Cam at bedtime. Andrew was doing a great job...he had the bedtime routine all figured out. However he is really happy that I will be home. Its the little things I was missing...dinner as a family, reading with Cameron before bed, giving Z a bath, snuggling and playing with Zeland before bed, hanging out with Andrew when the kids were sleeping. I kinda felt like I didn't exist for four days. So when position became available at work for weekend days I decided to take it. There are for sure good and bad things about working the weekend. Andrew will be off and I will have to be at work while they have fun. However I really do think that the good out weighs the bad. I will be home Monday-Thursday all day. This means that Zeland will only have to go to daycare on Fridays. Which will be saving us over two hundred dollars a month. Just having more time at home with the boys and being able to keep up with the household stuff is going to be great! I am also looking forward to hanging out with Julie. She is pregnant and we have all kinds of stuff planned. Mostly shopping...I guess that is where that extra two hundred dollars will go....shhhhhh don't tell Andrew! :) Just kidding.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Changes
We have had some recent changes at our house. This week will be the first week of my new schedule. I have decided to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday days from 6am-6:30pm. I actually really liked working nights. I loved the people that I worked with. However my family really missed me and I missed being home for Zeland and Cam at bedtime. Andrew was doing a great job...he had the bedtime routine all figured out. However he is really happy that I will be home. Its the little things I was missing...dinner as a family, reading with Cameron before bed, giving Z a bath, snuggling and playing with Zeland before bed, hanging out with Andrew when the kids were sleeping. I kinda felt like I didn't exist for four days. So when position became available at work for weekend days I decided to take it. There are for sure good and bad things about working the weekend. Andrew will be off and I will have to be at work while they have fun. However I really do think that the good out weighs the bad. I will be home Monday-Thursday all day. This means that Zeland will only have to go to daycare on Fridays. Which will be saving us over two hundred dollars a month. Just having more time at home with the boys and being able to keep up with the household stuff is going to be great! I am also looking forward to hanging out with Julie. She is pregnant and we have all kinds of stuff planned. Mostly shopping...I guess that is where that extra two hundred dollars will go....shhhhhh don't tell Andrew! :) Just kidding.
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Glad to hear that the new job is working out well, particularly with the new hours. I had a night shift job for a summer when I was in college, and hated being on the opposite schedule as the rest of the world. Good luck!
thanks! Its for sure weird to be asleep when everyone is awake. I did however like having the bed all to myself!:)
My dad worked night shift when I was little, and I just remember getting in trouble a lot for being too loud during the day. Robin, I'd think you'd prefer the schedule, considering the hours you keep now!
Julia, that is the sweetest picture ever. I hope I didn't completely miss Zeland's snuggly phase...
I think the new schedule is much better for you. Andrew will have an adjustment to make on week ends, but I hope to get down once in a while to help out with the "boys."
That's our sweet little Zeland in the picture. What a cutie!
Amber, Ideal work hours for me would be like noon-9or 10 pm, LOL. Even I like to be in bed by 2 or 3 am, well before sunrise, LOL. Being totally on a night schedule is really out of sync with everything, plus it would be dark outside most of the time.
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