Some of you who know me, know I'm a little obsessed and VERY protective of my schedule. I like to be on time. I also like to know what I'm doing in advance. I have noted on blogs before that I even schedule in time to be spontaneous! (Yes, I'm that schedule driven.)
As much as I am schedule driven, I am also routine driven. I like and depend on routine to help keep my life simple and stream lined. This isn't to say that every thing I do is a routine, but that as much as I can, things I need to do more then once get put on a schedule and into the routine.
Today was an off day for me. Several things happened both at work and in my personal life that threw schedule and routine out the window. I ended up realizing later in the day that our pastor still wanted a sermon illustration that I thought he had decided not to use. So, I had to get that in order. The good news is while working on one plan, I had a back up plan too, so it would get done no matter what!
Dash came and ate lunch with me. He's been working a lot and when not working at work he and I are involved in a lot with church, so we're busy all the time. It was nice to go to lunch with him but it was a bummer too because we spent the whole lunch irritated with his work and each other. He keeps being told he will have to take a trip to Alabama. It's been on again off again to the point that I don't believe it will ever happen. But now he's saying that it will most likely happen and instead of being one week, it will be six weeks.
That's enough to set me in a bad mood, then he added that instead of the middle of March it will be middle of April and all of May. This means that he will leave Easter night (he's suppose to be in the cantata). The other part to this, we just this week got the go ahead to start teaching an adult Sunday School class starting the week after Easter. So he's trying to negotiate the company paying for him to come every weekend. If this all happens and he is gone, but magically gets to come home every weekend (which we doubt) then he'll still miss my birthday and Nicky's and be travelling on Mother's day and Easter. He may even be gone for Memorial day, but the class may be over by then, who knows? I don't and he really doesn't either because it's all up to the client.
Of course, in this day and age, can you really complain if you have a job? His job is a good fit for him, and we all have to make sacrifices for work once in a while. With him being in management and not just "mid-level" it seems like we give up more then we get, but I'm VERY thankful that he has a job and I hope that it stays that way for a long time, so we'll make whatever happens work. He said today that the contract is solid and he fully expects to be going in April. We're just praying that he gets to come home on the weekends. It's stinks that he's going to miss so much stuff for us. We usually try to go camping or get away in May too. So that will be put on hold.
Anyway, as you can probably tell I'm bummed and there's a lot that I haven't worked out yet on how I feel about this. I guess by the time it happens I'll be supportive, right now I just want to whine.
2 comments:
T ... I really do completely get how you are feeling about all this. And i have to say I'd be worried if you weren't ticked. The fact that even on a day like that you still took the time to work with me at the church (on my project) really means a lot to me.
love ya lots just because ... and even more when you are wonderfull
Situations like this certainly are frustrating. I say that as someone who does not like business travel. A good job can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.
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