Life Happens

Last week I had every intention of finally being on top of this blog, and
providing something deep & meaningful for you to entertain your brains with.
But…life got in the way.

Tyson stayed home from work Wednesday night, suffering from some pretty nasty
muscle spasms in his neck. So I was busy playing nurse and enjoying his, rare,
company in the evening.

Then Thursday night our world was turned upside down (or maybe just jostled a
little bit) as Tyson was let go from his job.

We both know this is a blessing in disguise, or maybe not so disguised as we're
both very aware of what doors this may have opened. We're hoping he'll now
receive unemployment and have the resources to be able to start the business
he's been talking about starting. (Fingers crossed we won't have to rely on that
unemployment for very long…)

He's nervous over the idea of his family's livelihood depending on a business
owned & run by him, but I have every faith that he can do this. Things might be
a little tight for awhile, but a happy husband and a happy home life is
absolutely worth it. His working overnights and us only seeing each other in
passing was becoming a huge stress & strain for all of us.

For now, he's home being Mr. Mom while I'm at work. I'm very thankful to have
the steady job & income (and source of insurance!). I long to be home raising
our daughter and providing for our family there, but I now understand I need to
be HERE until Tyson has his feet under him.

It's odd that I'm at peace with this, actually I'm almost excited for this new
adventure. I'm not worried about food on the table or having enough money for
bills, because I know that God will provide that for us.
So now that you're all updated….back to our regularly scheduled
programming….whatever that is.

When you need a reminder…

There are many reasons I enjoy my job. 

But in the grand scheme of things, I long to be rid of this job and home being a mommy. 

It helps every now & then to remind myself that I do like it here. To know that God is doing good work through me for the time I am here. It just takes hanging up the phone after talking to a lonely elderly patient for 5 minutes, to know that. I brought a smile to their face, a break in their monotony; that’s enough work for one day. Everything doesn’t need to be so complicated.

This week it was also easy to realize how fun it is here…

Wednesday was a pizza party for a birthday

Today was a pizza party for getting 91% customer satisfaction

Next Wednesday will be a breakfast/brunch Christmas party

I often lament & wish I were in elementary school, everything resulted in party then. Sometimes I forget I have that now.

Concen........huh?

Concentration has been eluding me this week. Okay, it’s been eluding me since last July when I found out I was pregnant, but this week has been especially taxing on that part of my brain.

I have not been lacking such concentration that I caught myself looking up blogs, searching to see if drinking hard water is the reason for our cat’s weight loss, completing DMV paperwork (oh and the actual trip to the DMV is a whole other story!), working on posts for this here blog, or finding local organic farms, all while I’m at work.  Nope. Not me. I work diligently for all 8 hours.

In my defense this work week has been a little stressful, and I’ve occasionally needed a brain break.

It also had me wondering if this is a post-partum affect. (It seems excessive to have a 7 month old and still make post-partum excuses for myself, but oh well.) I know that pregnancy plays around with your concentration. So in keeping with this week’s tradition, I looked it up, while at work. And the answer is…………. Pregnancy & post partum can mess with your thyroid function, which in turn can mess with your concentration. I had hypothyroidism before pregnancy, and since giving birth we’ve been adjusting my medication level because it has in fact been totally outta whack. So there! *insert juvenile tongue sticking out here* I have a medical excuse for looking up Christmas gift ideas at work. (Gosh I hope no one from work ever finds this blog!)

I still can’t seem to find out how long you’re considered post-partum. I only found one source that said it was the 6 week period after giving birth. I beg to differ. My body is still recovering. Anyone know the answer to this? I guess it could just be called motherhood, right?

Please forgive me if this post has more zigs & zags than a mogul ski course, I had half a cup of non-decaf coffee this AM (with the most yummiest pumpkin spice creamer) and I’m feeling the effects right now. I am flying high. There’s a reason I stick to decaf. I needed to run to Target on my lunch break, maybe the driving should wait until I calm down a little bit.

And caffeine is supposed to aid concentration, not with me apparently!!