Last year was a long year, and this year is starting to feel even longer.
Being a parent in this pandemic is hard sometimes, but we make do. None of us have gotten sick, so we are very grateful for that.
When our tater-tot first made her appearance in this world, we decided daycare wasn’t for us, partly because we’d seen too many horror stories, and partly because the cost was counterproductive since it would have taken most of one of our paychecks. So we decided we would work opposite shifts so one of us would always be with her.
There’s pros and cons to this. We’ll start with the cons.
When one of us is home, the other is at work, which means we don’t get to see each other that much. And that is a pretty major con. It’s aggravating at best. But I do have a boss who has been very understanding and always schedules one of my off days to coincide with one of his, so we get a whole day together as a family each week. And because my husband is a general manager at his restaurant, he has some leeway and occasionally gets to leave work early so we can see each other before I go to work.
Second con is that because my husband is a GM, he primarily works the day shifts, which means all of my shifts are late night shifts. That gets old fast, because I hate spending my whole day mentally preparing for work.
Third con is that I can’t work very many hours since my schedule revolves around his (his come first because of his position) and sometimes it would be nice to have a bigger paycheck.
Now the pros.
I get to spend all day with the tater-tot.
I get to workout during the day.
Any shopping that needs done I can get done (everything closes earlier than it used to)
I get to sleep in! (Tater-tot usually doesn’t get up till 9:30 or 10, she’s a great sleeper!)
Overall, I’m happy with my life as it is, there’s always going to be ups and downs no matter how we get things done.