Since the week before Christmas, poor Jon has been working third shift. Due to a whole bunch of stuff that I really can't understand, much less explain, hubby has been spending his nights in an unheated warehouse, trying to figure out where 40-bazillion tractor parts are hiding. This is not fun.
When Jon told me that this was going to be the state of affairs for a while, I wasn't exactly thrilled, but I figured we'd survive. And we are surviving, but honestly, all you people who do this month after month, year after year? You are AMAZING. This is just sucking the life out of us. I'm guessing that we're probably just disorganized, undisciplined wimps, but wow is it hard to develop and maintain any kind of family routine right now! My honey is exhausted. I'm not always sure what day it is. The kids are never sure if Dad's sleeping or at work. It's just a mess.
Now, theoretically, this should all be over by the end of January. Short-term thing, no worries, blah blah blah. So why am I feeling just a little - hmmm - suspicious right now? Possibly because I've seen how these "short-term things" can sooooo easily become long-term pains. It's always easy to get sucked into these issues, but it's rarely easy to get out. I'm not holding my breath that this time will be any different. I hope so, but....you know.
So we're starting 2012 with a new experience - not necessarily one we wanted, but such is life. Hopefully we learn a little something from this, beyond the fact that neither of us is happy when sleep-deprived. :-)
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