I now work full time so you can imagine how much less time I had than before. I started back in mid-September right after my last post. It's been about 2 months and there have been only 2 weeks in which I have stayed under 40 hours. I've done more than a few 12 hour days because I can't say no, which is a little bit of a running gag at work. It's been a bit stressful and it's been a bit of a sharp learning curve but I'm getting there. The worst part has been the constant schedule changes as some weeks I'm working during the day and other weeks I'm working evenings as I'm trying to get as much training done as possible.
This has, of course, made changes in the household as we're all trying to adjust to the fact that as I have less time than before we need to all pitch in more together so that the house stays clean, animals are taken care of and we're all fed ourselves and that we still find some time together as a family. So far we're doing okay. Some days are better than others but we're getting there.
It doesn't help that it is autumn, which has always been a busy season for my family and this adjusting has to happen in the middle of it all. I am armed with my planners though and that's been helping with keeping things organized and descending into complete chaos. My husband and I also make it a point to chat every night to keep each other informed with what's happening to the both of us and to our family. Some things are still falling to the wayside and I'm fine with that, as long as the major things are being taken care of.
I do miss my time to work on my personal projects but I do what I can when I can and remind myself that I could go to sleep late to work on my own stuff but I need to sleep because of everything that happens during the day. Maybe once things calm down a bit we'll work out a better routine and hopefully I'll get to back to posting more regularly.
