Hello again, thoughts!

Well, it has been entirely too long since I've written here. (I'm sure both of you who read my blog noticed.) lol I must confess that I greatly overestimated my ability to function on little to no sleep and am happily letting go of my overnight job. I'm quite surprised at how much more time-consuming that shift was compared to a day job. At least with a day shift I can still have my evenings with my family. The night shift made me feel like an outsider. I was missing out on everything. I even missed the little things that I tend to complain about, like getting the kids' homework done and running everyone around to activities while still trying to have dinner ready in the middle of it all. I am fortunate enough to have an amazing husband who was able to effectively handle all of these details while I was contributing to the household finances, but no amount of money is worth missing out on time with my kids that I cannot get back. I have been blessed with a new opportunity that will translate to a similar income with half of the hours. (During the day no less!) I was thankful to have a job in the first place, but I am even more thankful to have a job that will provide a decent balance with the family life. We are going into birthday season around here which reminds me that they definitely grow up too fast and, as hard as it may be sometimes, I don't want to miss it.