So here we are full swing into what I am affectionately (sort of) calling the summer of crazy. With four part time jobs and two kids to manage I’m finding myself pretty busy these days. NO I’m not busier than you are, just busy, for me. Why am I working so many hours? Well DUH, we do what we have to, that’s why. Summer time in the non-profit sector is the time for extra work. There are a few opportunities I have snagged and there will be an end to the insanity. OK there will be an end to how long I’ll keep this particular schedule, not the insanity. I have been a little absent from my blog this year and thought that if I can manage a few minutes here and there to write during this crazy time a couple of things might happen. If I am writing it means I have a few blissful minutes to myself and I’m sort of hoping to document this time for a number of reasons. I have no idea how 70 hour work weeks are going to go or how I’m going to manage the time in between those hours but I’m seeing it as a challenge. It’s going to be tough for me. I’m guessing there are some of you for whom a 70 hour work week isn’t that abnormal. Rest assured, that ain’t me. I like my lazy time. I like nonsense television and days off where I don’t feel like I have to cram in everything else on the to do list; days when all I have to do is eat ice cream and go to the beach with my kids. But we can’t learn and grow if we don’t push ourselves beyond what is comfortable. It is my distinct hope that I will soon be able to forget what such a long work week feels like and maybe during a particularly tough week, one where I can’t see myself moving any further, I can look back and remember what I’m capable of. The jobs themselves are pretty cool and pretty different from one another. I’m still doing case management although the summer is certainly slower, I have a 6 week gig running the desk for an evening youth program and extra on call hours with the same agency when needed, sales associate for a jewelry store and a house/ business cleaning job. I like all of them for different reasons and some more than others but all enough to want to keep doing it. The basic summer schedule is 5-6 days a week, 4-5 of them are days where I work doubles. Sunday is my day off, reserved only for the super special. Seriously, if I wouldn’t give you a kidney, we aren’t hanging out on a Sunday. I also have Wednesday and most Saturday nights off…. Also reserved for the super special. I refuse to let the crazy schedule take away from the super special. Yes, of course I mean C and Z. I’m working at being really organized and tackling chores at odd times so my time off doesn’t have to be spent cleaning and grocery shopping. I am letting go of the particular way that things have to be done (just for the summer) because they need fun and I want to give it to them. I have an entire week booked for the end of summer and I won’t work for even a second of it. That week is going to be a lot of fun. It also serves as motivation to keep pushing for that little extra. I have wonderful friends who bring me lunch, make dates for a quick phone chat or find time in their busy schedules to work with my busy schedule so I can feel sort of social. Obviously I have a wonderful support system or there is no way any of this would work. All of that makes me feel grateful. Grateful that there is so much work to be found and that I can take care of myself and that I have so many wonderful people in my life who can and do support that on a daily basis. I expect there to be some funny moments this summer as well as some pretty awful ones. If you want to share the experience with me, cheer me on or even just laugh at my misgivings (there are plenty) feel free to stop on by and read.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:55:11 +0000
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