Fridays off, you say? That sounds awesome right? Well, it's not.
Maybe for those people that don't have kids it's nice. Maybe for the people who can go straight from home to work and back. Maybe when your day doesn't start at 5:30 and end at 7:30 instead of 7 and 6. Maybe if it doesn't mean your normally strict schedule gets totally screwed up and your kids have meltdowns in the morning and fall asleep on the way home and sleep crazy late on the days they don't have to get up early. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's not awesome even if those things aren't true. No one I work with LOVES this schedule.
There is exactly one good thing about this schedule, and that good thing is:
FRIDAYS OFF!
The last two years I've been jealous of the girls at work who had kids in daycare because it meant that on Friday, they were able to drop their kids off like it was a normal weekday and have the day to do whatever they liked. Normally it meant catching up on stuff that had been slacked off on during the week so they had the weekends free to spend time with their families. I had big plans for the same. Each Friday off has brought something fun and exciting.
Friday #1 I dropped the kids off at school, came home and had a nice relaxing breakfast. Then I spent some time cleaning the most under-cleaned rooms in the house - the kids rooms! After that I took a little walk to the pool and read for awhile, had a nice chat with an old high school friend, and did some very rare solo shopping! I picked the kids up early and we spent the rest of the afternoon with some fun in the sun.
Friday #2 A fun filled trip to the zoo with Nana and Grandpa!
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| Grandpa and Nate |
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| Nana, Daddy and Mia |
Friday #4 I cleaned our bedroom, then had a fun friend-date with my work buddy Shannon. We went to lunch, then to see the movie The Heat. It was kind of funny because the two leads were named Sarah and Shannon!
Friday #5 I dropped the kids at school, then had a pretty relaxing day cleaning the floors. Then I finally got to enjoy my Christmas present - a trip to a local vegetarian restaurant. Peter went off to work and I headed back home, folded some laundry and took a short nap before picking up the kids. On the way home from picking them up we got into a little fender bender, but it was very minor and no one was hurt, so I'll count us all lucky. Though, even the smallest of accidents can be a major pain in the butt!
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| This is pretty much the extent of the damage. That, and the alignment seems a little off. Could be much worse though! |
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| We didn't let him play with his iPod the whole time, but it definitely came in handy on occasion. |
I'll miss the Fridays, but the rest of the week will make up for it. I think. Check back with me next Friday.
Sounds like you've been making the best of your Friday's off, but I bet you will be glad to be on your regular schedule! We enjoyed your visit to NJ!! Sending hugs your way! xo K
ReplyDeleteHmmm...sounds like a lot of upheaval for 7 weeks. When I had summer hours, they were every Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day. For some reason, I thought you had Drew's every other Friday off schedule for longer. Interested to see how you feel this Friday, but at least we'll be in the car at the same time again.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of upheaval! Going back to the regular schedule yesterday was awesome! I woke up at the same time, but was able to get some exercise in before my day started and getting home at 5 was great. One hour seemed to make a huge difference! But, yeah, we will see how I feel on Friday, or even on Sunday when I've only had two days off.
ReplyDeleteWell, I imagine if we were a regular company doing this, it probably wouldn't only be seven weeks. But we have to revolve our schedule around kids being out of school, and more specifically, the teachers not being at school, and even the Assistant Principals I guess. That gives us 7 weeks.