This was one of the most crazy weeks that I have had in a really long time, but I'm not complaining, yet I feel like I am. If you have followed my blog for any amount of time you know that we have been in a financial crisis for quite a while. Even though my husband has remained in Real Estate there has not been enough business to provide for us. He has been looking for almost 2 years for a part time job with no success...I mean NOTHING! Then all of a sudden out of the blue comes this job opportunity. It is contract work, so we don't know how long he will have it, but we are so thankful for it while he has it. He can pick his hours so that is really good. BUT (you knew I had to add a "but"), it is located in downtown Dallas so he rides the train into downtown. No biggie, except that we don't have a second car so I take him to the station every morning & pick him up every evening. No biggie, except I DON'T DO MORNINGS!. Well, now I do. We leave the house about 6:30 every morning for the 30 minute ride in the dark. By the time I get him to the station the sun is coming up. When I get home there is usually at least one child awake watching cartoons on the couch. My day has officially begun & I feel as though I am running until I finally fall into bed at night.
Scott has been home for about 3 years now. All the time. Everyday. Now after 3 years, he is gone all day & when he comes home it is exhausted so there isn't much conversation happening.
It has been a hard week. We are getting used to Daddy not being home. Mom doing all the driving around and all the school work and all of the whatever else needs to be done.
Plus on top of all that, our homeschool co-op started on Monday. We have never participated in a co-op before so this was totally new for all of us. And I can't just go like all the other moms, I have to help coordinate part of it (ugh). I am the cleaning coordinator & now I know why no one else wanted that job. So Monday was bad...very bad...not-ever-wanting-to-go-back bad. My kids loved it & I am committed to it & I know that it was the first day. Already things are looking better.
So, did I say it was a hard week? I just haven't felt this tired in a long time. And as we all know, with exhaustion comes lots of emotions. One side of me is saying, "Thank you Lord for providing Scott with a job" & the other side is saying"I'm so tired, I don't wanna get up when it is dark, I don't wanna deal with bad kid attitudes, I don't wanna do this anymore!"
Then there was today.
Scott does the sound for Mom2Mom again, so he and Ashley (who works childcare) left at 8:00 & I was still in bed! Yes that is right, I slept past 6:00! Then I casually got up & made waffles. Then we casually started school, then I casually checked email. The whole day was relaxed & casual & I am still in my PJ's! I love day's like that! All my days were like that, but now with our new crazy schedule I can appreciate them much better & look forward to them. We had an excellent day! Thank you Jesus!
