When I made the move to work outside of the home, I never knew it would take me so far away from my previous life. I am still the same old Daphnewood with the same obnoxious husband and 3 adorable kids but I am now also a career woman. I still get to wear jeans to work (a major plus in my eyes) but sometimes I have to be there by 6am (is this a real time or the twilight zone?!) and other times I have to be there UNTIL 6am. I actually prefer to work the overnight shift because it suits my internal clock a bit better. So I have been swamped with work. I have been working close to 50 hours every week but this week I am only scheduled for 32. I got smart and instead of scheduling 40 and having to work more I scheduled less just in case they ask me to work more hours. I am tired though. Very tired.
I have been spending some lovely time with the hubby and kids this week because he is on vacation and the kids had some teacher work day (no school for kids). It has been awesome and FUN just being with my family who don’t cuss at me or threaten to commit suicide just because I ask them to get dressed or put their dishes in the dishwasher. I feel emotionally revitalized and hopefully this means a return to blogging. I am trying to make a new commitment of at least weekly updates. Are you all ‘down with that’?
7 responses so far ↓
LB // October 4, 2007 at 11:09 am
Dear Daphne,
It’s good to see you again! Glad you’re well, despite the exhaustion.. but it’s better to be that than to have nought to do, yeah?
Down!
Al // October 4, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Kinda like Crouching Daphne, Hidden Blogger, huh?
Work shure does make us appreciate the quality time we have with our families, if we can stay awake.
kimananda // October 4, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I am totally down with that. It’s great to come by and see you’ve written something!
And even better to hear that you’re enjoying your new lifestyle, even if it is a bit (or a lot) tiring.
Rick // October 5, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I know the feeling. Whatever works is OK with me.
findingheart // October 5, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Shyah! Know the feeling. Just stay alive and well. Good to hear from ya.
Etchen // October 8, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I still think there should be a mandatory nap time at work.
sangroncito // October 10, 2007 at 8:33 pm
starting a new job–especially the kind you have–is all consuming.
I suspected you were knee-deep in work!