Anakin Skywalker: (eyes closed) “Don’t go.”
Padme Amidala: “I don’t want to disturb you.”
Anakin Skywalker: “Your presence is soothing.”
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
We were all a little nervous about Dad Windu getting laid-off and being home all.the.time. Rightfully so, I think.
- Were we going to get on each other’s nerves?
- Would DW start channeling his inner professional and start managing the way I ran the house and our homeschooling?
- Would Padawan Learner get distracted having someone else walking around, talking, and moving in and out of our ’school’ space during the day?
- Would I begin to chafe at having to share the computer, the kitchen, and the teapot more than a few hours each night?
It has, thankfully, worked out very well this past month and a half. Dad Windu has his own routine going for large parts of the day, and he and I are getting out for a daily walk nearly each afternoon. PL has benefited from having Dad Windu right there for some of the math questions that I would normally have to go look up. I’ve enjoyed having another adult around to talk with during the day. DW helps with the house picking up, meal prep and chauffeuring tasks, freeing me from having to do all the day-to-day boring tasks myself.
In the end, we’re enjoying each other’s company on a day-in, day-out basis, and truth be told, I’m going to be a little sad to see him go away for 9 hours each day once he’s back working someplace.
When we transfered to shore duty I was a bit worried about how things would change. Ian would be home EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Would the boys and I adjust, not to mention Ian being able to snap out of work mode? After 3 years of shore duty I was crushed when we had to return to sea duty… I had a glimpse into “normal life” and loved it….
Sounds like you all are enjoying your family time…
I love the days we’ve spent together when one or the other ends up with no work. It’s usually because of the weather.
But we do get on each other’s nerves occasionally.
Still, it’s nice to have nothing important that we have to go do. We play cribbage, watch movies, snuggle on the couch…
Ahh.
I’m truly impressed at the grace with which your family is handling a stressful situation, even managing to enjoy each others’ company in trying times.
I’m glad it’s going well. When Mom #2 is out of work we do really well for a few days, but then she has to get out and go SOMEWHERE after a week or so, for both of our sake, LOL.
Sounds like y’all are doing great. I hope DW finds something soon . . . you know . . . but not too soon.
Awwwwwww! This makes me happy reading this….And yes, like what Sandra said. So many families buckle under the stress of unemployment.
And I love the way you’re handling the employment search with such an open mind and a spirit of adventure. True life lessons for PL.
I keep saying my recent mantra: “It is what it is.” For whatever reason, that’s helping me to keep things in perspective. We’ve all had our mini-meltdowns this past month and a half, but thankfully I could count them all on one hand and still have a finger or two left over.
DH and I get on each other’s neves when we’re home too much, but I like to think, push come to shove, we would handle it with grace. I do hope we won’t have to find out. Regardless, it’s a lovely post and testament.
AW…that’s really awesome. R-T has been home for a week of vacay, and the first day is always a little bumpy, but we’ve navigated the rest of the week quite nicely actually. And we’ve even been snowed in for the past two days, and still aren’t looking for the bullets yet. I’m impressed with us. Keep it up, you family you!!