I’m just sitting down to my desk for the day, and am about to start work. Working second shift, because the company I work for is based out of Honolulu, has it’s ups and downs. On the upside, I get to go back to bed after Beckett is off to school, and I have a few hours to myself each weekday to get things done.
Lately I’ve been sleeping through most of the “getting things done” part of my day. I call those long mornings in bed mini-vacations. But I think in reality, they’re more like mini-fatassifications.
On the downside, I work during the evenings when Beckett and Basil are playing. For the most part, I do try to get in snatches of family time during my work day. Coffee breaks, but without the coffee. And we do sit down to eat dinner together every night. I get to put Beckett to bed, and sometimes I end my day when he falls asleep, while other times I get back to work and stay up really late.
The schedule has the most effect on my relationship with Baz. There isn’t a lot of time for us to veg together, or to go out to dinner, or for a family movie night out. I think we both get disconnected and bored since we don’t have our playmate at the ready whenever we want to play.
Lately, I’ve been missing my 9 to 5. I’ve been missing having dinner out with friends, or being able to leave for the weekend on a Friday night after work. I’ve been missing Atlanta and the people I love there. I’ve been missing my creative life.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still obsessively busy with creative projects, but none of them have been collaborative, and thus, harder to share.
So, to cure my aching inner artist, I’ve scheduled a unique vacation for Baz and I the last week of November. We’re going to leave Beckett with grandma, and go to the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.
Basil is going to take a Blacksmithing class. And I’m taking a weaving and chair caning class. We’ll get to spend our days being creative, and our nights on hot dates. Va va va vooooooooom! Sounds like the perfect way to ring in the holidays.
Come on, November. I need ya!