Wow...this is how ridiculous busy I've been. Haven't even had time to post.
Went to 2nd shift. Had to leave home at 4:20pm. (DH gets home at 4pm.) Then worked and eventually got back home around 5am. (On a good day.) 12+ hours sucks. Granted an hour of that is the drive, but either way. My feet are killing me. I'm exhausted. And I've lost 10lbs in a month. Amazing what happens when I pick sleeping over eating.....
I basically sleep until about 1pm, get up and go to the grocery store on Mondays, run on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and hang out with the boys on Wednesdays. Fridays, I sleep until 3:30pm because on Saturday I barely sleep at all.
It's supposed to get better...we go down to 8 hour shifts on Monday. (Right now, I'm on a voluntary one week layoff.) Which means I leave at 4:20pm, but should be home by about 3am. I'm not holding my breath though...my boss is, well, complicated. Some good guys at work, but a couple douchebags. I am, of course, the only salaried female on 2nd shift. So it's me and 7 guys.
Worst of all? There is no place to go in this company. I told them I wanted to be an Engineering manager. They KNEW this. But their Engineering department? Essentially non-existent. Their Engineering department is in charge of Maintenance. They call them Maintenance Engineers. I do NOT want to work in Maintenance. Ever. They work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. I won't do that. Even with the paid OT.
Best of all though? We went to the eye doctor last Friday. For eye exams for 5 of us, glasses for 2 (plus new RayBans for DH because my frame allowance will cover that) was only $300. That is astonishing. We've never had eye insurance that did much for us. The last time I went to the eye doctor (JUST ME), it cost me nearly $500 in glasses and exams.
That reminds me...#1 broke her glasses last week (for the 2nd time in 7 months) but they fixed the old ones for us. But that was part of the reason we scheduled appointments. And her eyes? Holy crap. She was -1.25 in both eyes last July. She's already at -2.5 in both eyes. She's trying to catch me apparently. (I'm -7.5 in both eyes.) #2 and #3 don't need glasses yet.
#1 is cutting off her hair for Locks of Love this weekend. (If we can ever get the damn hairdresser over here...she keeps changing the appointments. I pay extra so she comes to our house, because it's just not possible for me to take all four kids in somewhere and have it be a success!)
Hmmmmmm. Can't remember what else I was going to write about. May be back!