Daddy had to go out of town for work for three days. It was the longest three days of my life, it felt like! It had its horribly crappy moments, which I don’t feel like rehashing here, but needless to say they will never be forgotten. I realized some things while he was gone and some changes we need to make next time he has to go out of town (which will happen more often since he is getting a multi-state territory now).
Reality is that I’m not that young anymore, and I can really only handle so much. I hit my breaking point while he was gone. I didn’t realize that it was going to happen, but a series of events happened that made me realize I was there.
Most important: No more morning appointments for Hannah on days he is out of town. Just can’t do it. Doing night shift with Hannah and then morning appointments…just too much for me.
Also, when he has to go out of town for an extended trip (more than a couple of days), I need to *attempt* to rearrange our nursing schedule so we can use more hours when he is gone and use less those days he is there that week. We have 56 hours a week to use as we see fit. I say “attempt” because we only have so much control over that one is we want our regular nurses to take those hours.
Daddy is home now. Thank goodness. I was so happy to see him when he walked in the door tonight, I felt like I was a little kid.
I’m sorry that it’s so difficult to schedule the nursing and having to juggle all of that with R travelling. Wish I was there to help!
Have you heard of the PCS Program? It can help suppliment nursing with attendant care and there isn’t a waiting list. It might actually give you a little time to rest!