My husband has been working some strange hours lately. Truthfully, his work schedule has always been "different." Since the day I met him, he has worked a five week rotating schedule...meaning he works a weekend and Monday of nights, gets three days off, works a weekend of days, gets a day off and then works three nights. After that he gets a weekend off and then four day shifts and this is the best part...he gets seven days off. Well, most of the time. There are times that overtime is called for on that break or like this past month he has switched positions and lost his seven day break due to switching departments. I say all of that to say this...we have never had a "normal" life, the 9-5 routine with all weekends and holidays off has not ever been part of our world. I am really used to the life, it still messes with my mom's head and my friends never seem to know if we are available for weekend parties...but all in all, it is a routine that suits us.
Last night, my husband agreed to work an extra three hours for a fellow employee and so he did not get home until 10:30 PM. It worked out okay, because then he did not have to go in until 9:30 this morning to relieve that other guy...but it was WEIRDER than weird for me. This morning, I got a glimpse of what "normal" must look like to most of you readers. I slept until 7:30 AM...it was light outside, birds were chirping and my child was still sleeping. I was able to meander to the kitchen, fix breakfast and even catch up on facebook while my husband got ready for work. Soon, breakfast was ready, the child was awake and watching cartoons and my husband was able to eat breakfast and visit with us, and we even paid a bill or two before he headed out the door at the reasonable time of 8:45 AM. It was quite strange.
So, just for today (and tomorrow, as it turns out!!) we had a closer to "normal" household routine. It was lovely...it was calm and GOOD HEAVENS, I don't know how ya'll do it!!! I am so used to rushing around at 4 AM, getting breakfast and lunch packed and him out the door so I can go back to a few more hours of sleep and then waking up to a quiet house and no real agenda...I think a "normal" routine would drive me crazy!!! Hee hee!
I guess what is normal for us is strange for others and what is normal for others is stranger than strange to me.
I would love to hear about your morning routines? Does anyone have anything similar to me -- or I am still the only weirdo around???
Living Happily In the Moment!
Bev
1 comment:
you might just be the only weirdo around! just kidding - my mornings are crazy!they usually start about 6:15 when kass comes flying in our room saying something profound =) then geting her up and settled then on to breakfast , letting out the dogs feeding them , trying to eat take medicines then jax is waking about 7 :30 trying to get hubby out the door and my preschool is opening and I am making sure it is going ok and then on to feed jaxon and entertain kass because she is bored by this time and ofcourse if we have somewhere to be then its getting dressed getting bags and somewhere in there getting me half-way ready - anyway yeah mornings are crazy around here!
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