Today is a bit of a sad day for me. Branden's shift is changing and from now on he will be at work from 3PM to midnight. This means that I won't see him as often as we are accustomed because my shift is 8AM to 4PM with the occasional noon to 8PM. I'm trying to be positive, but the prospect of spending most evenings alone has brought me to tears more than once. We knew there was a chance that this would happen when we were looking for jobs but... It's different when it's actually happening.
On the up side, Branden was able to choose a shift that has him off on Wednesdays which is one of my normal days off. I should also get to see him one other evening during the week and Sunday mornings. I've asked that if I have to close the bakery then it be on Tuesdays when I have a low work load and if that happens I'll get to see him Tuesday mornings for a couple hours as well. It will still be dramatically less time together but it's not absolutely no time together.
To be honest, I enjoy grocery shopping alone so I can do that in the evenings. My mom suggested that I look into volunteering somewhere and that appeals to me. I'd like to look into taking some sort of class- either for my health or to help me professionally- but if the night I close is going to move around then I can't commit to something that I pay for in advance. I'll also need to get to work on the wedding planning since it is finally 2010 and we are getting married THIS YEAR!
Whatever I do, I hope I can find a way to make some friends. Right now Branden is pretty much my only friend and I'll be awfully lonely without his company.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.. right? It will make that time that you do have together that much greater. This work schedule was the one Merrill and I had pretty much the first two years of marriage. It worked out! SO EXCITED that it is 2010.. for your wedding, of course! :) I will be designing a few things digitally for you.. hopefully...
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