I can't believe how time flies by soooo fast! It's the end of the school year, my lil boy is entering the first grade on July (sigh) I'm having mixed emotions :) I am so proud of my son for doing so good in school in spite of his playfulness. Waking up early in the morning every day is a normal routine for me unlike before where I just sleep on and not worry about a thing. Without a baby sitter we manage to get everything in place, here's how we do it:
when hubby goes to work at 2am, he brings the van to work and sometimes he brings it back at 7am, his boss usually follows him and picks him up and they head back to work. or he just keeps the van and me and my son walk to school, takes about 30 minutes from our home, we wake up at 6am and leave at 7. hubby gets off at 2:30 and when he has the van he just picks up Nathan from school and I get down to the lobby to meet him there so we can switch, I usually work nights it's either 3 or 4 to 10:30 pm, I like to take the van to work and not be dropped off so hubby doesn't have to fetch me from work. We own only one vehicle, and we're not planning on buying another one soon, I think having one car is enough for us, we're blessed to have our work places very near our home, at least 10 to 15 minutes when there's traffic. We don't fight traffic like most of our workmates since they live so far away like Waipahu, Ewa beach, Makakilo... I can't imagine ourselves living way over there, they have pretty homes there but way too pricey for us though :(.
Nathan has Aplus (Kama'aina kids) so when I have mid-shift and hubby has overtime we have until 5:30 to pick Nathan up from school. When hubby works at 6am me and nathan drop him off at work. When it's Nathan's school time we leave at 7:40. In the morning, I finish my tasks like laundry, dishes, etc. and I sleep for 2 hours, I set my alarm and when I get up I prepare lunch for my boys. and in the afternoon I get ready around 1:30, leave the house at 2:15, arrive at hubby's work around 2:35, I drop them off at home and I have extra 15 minutes to get to work. I mostly love my 6 and 7 hour shifts because I have extra time to help out with Nate's homework.
I have indefinite schedules, I'd give an eye teeth if they could just give me permanent night shifts you know. but anyways, when there's school vacation I ask my supervisor if she can give me night shifts so we can work it out, and you know what she always gives it to me... you just gotta be friendly with your boss, but sometimes you still got to have that boundary between employee and boss, it's called respect. When Nate has school I can be mornings and nights, when I do have mornings I usually drop them off and I take my 30 minute lunch break to fetch my hubby at work and he sometimes drop me off at work and he'll pick up our son and they will fetch me when I'm done at work. and usually at that time we get to spend time with each other like go grocery shopping, or just stroll at the mall.
Working parents can be very hard, but I see it as a challenge. I know lots of people experience this, not all moms can stay at home, especially here in Hawaii... both have to work unless you're military or your hubby has a good salary, it's pretty darn expensive here since everything gets shipped to the Islands. ever since my mom left us after my brother passed away, we learned how to do things ourselves, we were always dependent on her since she watches Nate when we go to work, we had a feeling of contentment because she was there... but we made it work, thank God. the next challenge for us is when baby #2 arrives. I bombarded my hubby with lots of "what if's" and he would always have an answer for me, but being the person that I am, I like thinking negative thoughts which isn't a good thing like...
1. would we be able to handle this all on our own even when we're working?
2. what if I can't have night shifts anymore? We can't be night shifts forever at work because we need to be flexible.
3. would I be able to quit my job?
These are just the few questions that comes to mind. I think about this every single day... I just hope that my mom would come and help me even for just a few years until baby #2 will be able to go to school, and then she can do whatever she wants after then. but then my husband would always tell me:
"We'll cross the bridge when we get there."
I guess maybe he's right? Why on earth am I stressing out too much? We know God is good and he will provide us the guidance and comfort we need, we just need to trust him. and I'm pretty sure God will never ever give us problems in life if he knows we can't do it, right? trials is a blessing. It just keeps you motivated and much more stronger in life.
anyhoo, to all moms out there!
HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!!
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