Oh, the honeymoon phase!

It's official! I am now working during the day again. I can't contain my excitement over this development. It is so nice to be able to meet friends for dinner, to be able to tell what day it is just because my alarm went off. Oh, the bliss. I'm happier and since the husband transferred to San Antonio, he's much happier too. Life is good. I don't say that often enough.

So... I started my new job on Monday. And maybe it's spring, maybe it's sleeping at night again, or maybe it's just me, but it feels like a giant weight has been lifted. The change has a name, but I didn't realize how much of a fundamental change this would be for me. I'm having a tremendous opportunity to impact change in an newly developing program, and to be able to make such a global impact is very gratifying. When I say global, I mean GLOBAL. I wake up excited to go to work. I didn't realize before, but I was that dreaded burned out social worker, who didn't hate their job, but wasn't truly in love with it anymore. I can't say I'm back in love, but I'm definitely closer to the "I miss you, hey lets talk about getting back together" feeling. I don't feel like I'm just doing things because it pays the bills and because I'm worried about not having any other options. Like I said, if the changes I impact and make are truly embraced I will most certainly have lots of options. I also like that my boss allows me to be independent and accepts my stubbornness as an asset. If only the rest of the world would see it as that. It's nice to work with people are just like me in that respect. It's refreshing to feel as though I finally belong. So lets hope this honeymoon lasts.

Changes on the horizon

It's been a couple of months since my last post. As we only have one computer and it was in my husband's possession for that time, that meant I had little opportunity to post. Things have been busy. I've been working a lot of nights, husband has been working a lot of days. It's a good thing we are both pretty independent. The only real difficulty is that since he has only spent two weeks home that means that my night shift work has become even more problematic. Fortunately I have only two more weeks of nights. Insert my happy dance here. In two weeks time I will be working as a sexual assault counselor. It will be a challenge but I am looking forward to regaining my life again. This also means that the husband can work on his schoolwork while I'm at work and then we will actually get to spend evenings together when he is home. I definitely miss that and can't wait to have that back. It's still really frustrating with the husbands work, he's moved...again, at least he keeps moving closer to home. He's been gone for three weeks at a time. Ugh! They keep changing his schedule so there's no knowing when he's coming home. The harder part is trying to maintain my independence and balance that with his absences and uncertain returns. To say that it creates friction at times, is putting it mildly. The thing that keeps it running even remotely smoothly is the idea that it's temporary. Just as my schedule is temporary, so is the husbands. Changes they are a coming.