My husband was hired to the town fire department in June. We had gone through EMT school, lots of studying and barely seeing him for 3 months. Little did I know it was about to get worse. He was at the fire house for 3 months. During that we got used to the schedule of 24hrs on, 24hrs off, 24hrs on, and then 5days off. My son and I had gotten a nice routine down. Hubby got the news that he'd be starting the Fire Academy in October for 12 weeks with a graduation date of December 23rd -- Merry Christmas -- literally. He got up at 4am, showered, dressed, made lunch and was out the door by 4:45am. Jacob (our son) would be up shortly after that if not right after Todd's (hubby) alarm went off -- which made for a very long day. Jacob is up with the sun and he doesn't understand the concept of 'roll over and go back to bed' yet. Luckily we have a pretty busy schedule. Between going to the gym, school, music class, the library, and other fun stuff, we stayed pretty busy. Todd would get home anywhere from 5-5:30pm and would just be downright exhausted. We would see him for a few hours -- dinner, bath and playtime for a bit and then most nights he'd study or go to bed when Jacob would.
I was pretty much a single mom for 12 weeks...
I'm a pretty creative person. Always have, always will. I like things that keep my hands busy and keep my mind occupied. I finished a few books from the summer and then had a dry spell -- couldn't find anything I wanted to read or just lost interest. I do this from time to time. I make jewelry, blankets, quilts, scarfs, scrapbooks, cards, invitations and more. It goes in spurts. I'll do one for a few months and then pick something else up. But I'm always doing something.
Currently working on : a blanket, making granny squares, a hat for a gift, and a book -- The Fireman's Wife.
Now that were back at the fire house and I'm back to two nights a week (sometimes more depending on overtime) I need to keep going! Something for me. Quiet time if you will. There is only so much playing with trucks, dinosaurs, play dough, kitchen, reading and kid play a mom can do...
Everyone needs an outlet...
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