My first week on the job started this week. I didn’t think about having a training class that would make things so challenging. The class required me to get up at 4am, drive 2 hours away from my family and sit in a class for 8 hours both days. My husband was on the oil rig, on his last shift and I was in a bind! Luckily I have great friends and several offered to help but the easiest thing to keep from waking her family and mine at such crazy hours in the morning was to let them spend the night both days. That made being gone from my kids even harder because I wasn’t getting hardly any time with them. I was however driving to her house before I went home each evening and eating dinner with them as well as giving hugs and kisses. The first day was incredibly boring and I felt like I just wasted my time and was worried that I had made such a mistake. It was a very tough week but it got better. I had to keep reminding myself that the days of training would be the worst part and that I would get through it and it would get better. Plus my husband will soon be able to be home every night, he got a job close to home. He will work shift work so he will be working a few days and then off a few. I keep reminding myself that just his being home will make things better. On the bright side, I might have more to talk about than just what the kids did all day now to him.
Wednesday came and I was done with the class and they wanted me to start on the job training right away. I did everything to set my kids up to be successful and really tried to rally them to the cause. They had a morning schedule, alarms set, game plans, and expectations to help each other. Explaining how I really needed them to be obedient, work hard, etc. I went to work and was so glad that it is about 5 minutes away now and that I would be done by about 11ish. I was worried however what it would be like when I got home. I was completely blown away when they had done everything I had asked of them and some more. My daughter was done with school except the subjects that required my teaching and assistance. They excelled more than they normally do with my help! I know they were working hard, it really showed.
I see now that this may be good for them, especially my youngest child who tends to be very dependent on me. When they always have mom and dad to rely on, it doesn’t give them the opportunity to really spread their wings and soar. So, there is hope. All in all it was a tough week but an encouraging and prosperous week. I hope we can make this adjustment. It is an awful lot to get adjusted to all at once.
Wednesday came and I was done with the class and they wanted me to start on the job training right away. I did everything to set my kids up to be successful and really tried to rally them to the cause. They had a morning schedule, alarms set, game plans, and expectations to help each other. Explaining how I really needed them to be obedient, work hard, etc. I went to work and was so glad that it is about 5 minutes away now and that I would be done by about 11ish. I was worried however what it would be like when I got home. I was completely blown away when they had done everything I had asked of them and some more. My daughter was done with school except the subjects that required my teaching and assistance. They excelled more than they normally do with my help! I know they were working hard, it really showed.
I see now that this may be good for them, especially my youngest child who tends to be very dependent on me. When they always have mom and dad to rely on, it doesn’t give them the opportunity to really spread their wings and soar. So, there is hope. All in all it was a tough week but an encouraging and prosperous week. I hope we can make this adjustment. It is an awful lot to get adjusted to all at once.