Sharing a bathroom

Because of the new schedule, all 4 of us are trying to get out the door at once.  Three of us leave at one time, because I am driving the kids to school.  In my house, there are some things not many people can adjust to unless you have to. One of those is I have only one bathroom.  This seldom poses a problem unless you are not a fan of sharing a bathroom with three other people while you are handeling the business a bathroom is for. 

There is no privacy in my house.  That is just how it is.  You don't go to the bathroom alone, you don't sleep alone, you just don't do anything by yourself.

Hubs has always been used to having his time to get ready on his own with no one in the way.  Now he is having to get used to us being there moving around-me having to often times get a little loud and fussy after the boys.  It has been an eye opener for him. 

I think he is realizing that maybe the alarm clock is there for a reason :)

I'm kinda liking this

As I mentioned earlier hubs schedule has changed.  I am kinda liking this being home every night...especially nights when little boys (Aka THing 1 and Thing 2) don't go to bed like they should.  I will however admit that I don't like having to get 4 (myself would be number 4 in the house) not so great morning people out of the bed.  Ya see, no one in my house is a rise and shine kinda person.  I am the first one up obviously, but then I have to rattle everyone out of their own personal sleep comas.  Hubs is the last one, this is simply because the kids and i have to be gone by 745.  He doesn't have to check on till 8 and we live 2 miles from his PD. 

What I am really liking is that he is home every single weekend.  Even better is that he has started going to church with us.  This makes all of us happy.

I am fairly certain we will have times that he has to work the old schedule but for the most part we are all loving him being home.

Schedule changes

We are in the midst of some changes at the PD Hubs works at.  Our chief is retiring so that means a new chief and a new schedule.  Our schedule is currently a 2 on-2 off 3-on 2-off 3-on schedule.  Meaning if he works Monday/Tuesday he is off Wednesday/Thursday and works the weekend, then the next week is the opposite.  This proves handy for us having kids in school that are still too young to come home by themselves.  He picks them up the days he is off and the days he works a very dear friend of ours that works at the school takes them home with her.  Hubs normal hours were noon to midnight.

As you can imagine I was either awake or woken up when he came home on that schedule.  Well starting today he will be working a schedule that is entirely new to us as a family.  He will be working Monday to Friday.  Yep that's right, we finally get to have a few normal weekends.  He will be working a rotation in the week that will have him home every night before bedtime, and will have him getting off other days in time to pick the kids up from school. 

This is going to be a huge adjustment for me as a wife.  I am thrilled to get to have some sort of normal life, but in the 9 years we have been married we have never both worked Monday to Friday.  The kids and I were adjusted to the workings of every other weekend, and holidays, birthdays and the like being celebrated on days adjusted around his schedule.  That was life we managed.  Now we get to be somewhat normal. 

This is going to be an even bigger adjustment to Hubs who is a night owl.  He functions best between the hours of sundown to sun up.  Hopefully he will be able to wear himself out enough on the days he gets off early to make him tired.  I feel sure he will once the days are getting longer and more can be done outside.

So maybe the changes ahead for us will be great and we will adjust well.  I can say I am pretty excited about him being there in the mornings to help get the kids out the door.  The kids may not be so excited about dad being up when they are being hard headed.  :)