changing schedules

For the last six weeks, Jacob and I have fallen into an easy pattern. He was at a family clinic for his first PA rotation and worked 10-5:30 every day. A glorious schedule. We could sleep in, eat some breakfast then I would send him off to work and dig into my email and work away until hereturned. It was a great routine.

Alas. All that just changed.

My PA is just starting his first ER rotation at Mount Sinai. Below is the very adorable first day of school photo that has unofficially become our tradition. aka i took one on the first day of his last rotation.

On the up side, it’s approximately an 11 minute drive from our apt. On the downside, he’ll be working crazy shifts for the next six weeks. Either 6am-2 pm, 2 pm-10pm or 10pm-6am. The overnights are what I’m dreading the most. I think. Or maybe the 2-10 shift where I’ll finish work and have to entertain myself for a few hours and find something acceptable to eat for dinner.

His first overnight shift is tomorrow…. Which means we have all day to play. The lovely part of working from home is you get to set your own hours. And if you haven’t heard, there is a major heat wave in Chicago. Perhaps we’ll make it to the pool. Then at 10 pm he’ll head to work… and I’ll head to bed.

I’m not sure how this crazy new schedule will affect us. We’ll have a lot more time together during the days – when for all intensive purposes I really should be working – and with only one computer for the pair of us…. We’ll also have a lot of nights and weekends apart. This may get interesting. We’ll see how attached we’ve become to our routine…

But we can survive anything for six weeks, right?

GRAT LIST:

• Having friends that fully support canceling a bonfire because it just sounds like too much work…
• Outdoor seating at the Winchester
• Peaking in the windows of Emily’s new house!!!
• Finding spectacular wedding presents on etsy