"If I wasn't crazy I would go insane."
Jimmy Buffett had it right when he wrote that lyric. Lately I feel as soon as I get my life in order, I get used to something, my life begins to feel routine, then poof, everything changes! That is exactly what recently happened and I'm trying hard not to let it throw me off course! The big change in our life is Wes's schedule at work. The ever dreaded 2nd shift. Yes he did get a promotion and yes I am very grateful for that, but yes I am also very bummed that his schedule is now 230-1130 pm, Tuesday through Saturday, which means I really only see him on Saturday for half a day, Sunday and Monday evening. Boo to this! I mean seriously who needs to talk to someone on a Saturday night at 11 pm about their cell phone? And for that matter why the heck can't it wait till Monday....but I have decided that I will be ok! Airlie and I made it through week one of being home alone all night without Daddy and we'll make it through many more. And actually where Airlie is concerned this is an optimal schedule that gives her much more time with her Mommy and Daddy than anyone else, so that is a great thing, but we sure do miss Daddy at night! I've found that cooking dinner, cleaning up dinner and then attempting to get Airlie a bath and book before she gets cranky is just virtually impossible and totally not worth it. I believe I may resort to just eating Lean Pockets or tuna salad for the rest of this schedule. Besides cooking for one and eating dinner alone is no fun anyway, but it does mean that our grocery bills may go down, which would be nice because as of late we have realized we spend an uncanny amount of money on groceries. Wow, seriously, it's ridiculous. Anyway that is off track. Back to this whole change and scheduling thing. Um, yeah, right when I thought I had it all in order, baby is sleeping through the night, Mama is rested, we had managed a routine at night where I cook and Wes hangs with Airlie and so on, then bam, no more of that, here's a whole new schedule, get used to it! I think this is a good lesson for me because everyone that has children is always telling me not to get used to anything because once you do it will change, afterall children are always growing and changing and we must keep up. This is so true and is Airlie changing fast and it's so fun. A couple blogs back I said I was going to slow down and worry less about cleaning and more about enjoying my baby girl and this schedule forces me to do so even more. This is good! I think God is testing me and helping me grow at the same time. So with that I've decided to look on the positive side of this yucky schedule and see the glass as half full, something my lovely husband is always helping me to do. However I will say yesterday was great, Wes was off all day and it was nice spending the whole day with him; we went to Riverfest, did a little shopping, bought a new DSLR camera to take some real pics of Airlie with and just relaxed at home. I also enjoyed listening to Wes sing to Airlie while bathing her and getting a little time to myself during the day to start Airlie's baby book. Life is still good even with a crappy schedule thrown in the mix. ;)
