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August 4, 2006 |

Friday. What a relief. The weekend is almost here. I’m really hoping for a couple of quiet, unassuming days to get caught up on everything. We have had something going on every weekend since I started my job and I am so behind on grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning - you name it. I’ve been doing just enough to get by these last few weeks but it’s come to a crisis point.

Jeff has been home all week on vacation with the kids and he has gotten so much done. Daycare was closed for the week so my friend got a vacation too. But Jeff has been amazing. He fixed a major plumbing problem in our downstairs bathroom. He replaced a couple of bad outlets in the hallway and girls room. He’s been patching holes in the wall and mudding them. Spackle in all of those unsightly places. He even dismantled and cleared a sink drain that had been giving us problems for months. He couldn’t save my dishwasher though. That’s history, I’m afraid.

So we may have to go shopping for a dishwasher this weekend. That’s one of those things you can get by without for a while if you have to. I don’t want to, but if I have to then so be it. I am flexible, I can adapt. (Keep telling yourself that Jules - just keep chanting it over in your head so you don’t go mad at the idea of hand washing dishes for 6 *gulp*)

The job continues to go very well. I love the work, the people are all really nice and helpful and the family has adjusted too. My kids don’t ask me not to go to work, they just book every single second of my time in the interim - or make the request anyway. I am happier, more patient and content. I am still having MAJOR challenges trying to find some balance in all of these changes but that will come.

I sure need to find some blog time ;) I do miss it. I go to your blogs and read about you and your families in spurts but that’s the best I’ve been able to do. Know that I’ve been by and I’ll leave you a comment eventually. You’ll remember if you’ve been reading here a long time though that balance has always been a challenge for me. LOL

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7 Comments so far

  1. Bev on August 4, 2006 8:57 am

    I’m glad to hear things are still going well! I’m also very glad to hear how Jeff is stepping up to the plate!!

  2. casie-b on August 4, 2006 9:16 am

    It’s nice to hear that things are coming together for you and your family.

    Have a great weekend. And good luck shopping for the dishwasher. I hope you find one that you can take home with you.

    Cas

  3. cassie-b on August 4, 2006 9:19 am

    I just read the comment from your little one about going to the bathroom. We know a family with 3 little ones, and that’s their major conversation at the time. So funny

  4. mrs. diamond on August 4, 2006 9:27 am

    way to go Jeff….though it doesn’t sound like much of a ‘holiday’ for him. But sometimes that’s the only time we can get stuff done. sigh

    Our dishwasher broke down too, and we said we could do without it for awhile. It’s been over 7 years and we STILL haven’t replaced it. LOL

  5. Jules on August 4, 2006 9:48 am

    Okay Mrs Diamond, 7 years? I couldn’t do it. 7 weeks would really be pushing it. LOL

    Yeah Bev, Jeff is adjusting very well and stepping up too. He gets whiny but usually when he’s really tired. All in all not bad. I just tell him to check it and that seems to work ;)

    Cas - I usually take a good deal on a floor model or one with a scratch. Everything in my house gets beat up anyway - may as well get a discount. LOL

  6. Katie on August 4, 2006 11:10 am

    Awesome, I’m glad things are going pretty well. Good luck catching up this weekend! As for the dishwasher, I made it 2 days and then I was a sobbing bitchy mess. I can not stand hand washing dishes!

  7. Amy on August 6, 2006 4:25 am

    I’m glad too that it’s going well for you, maybe you going back to work was the little push your hubby needed :-)

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