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Be Careful What You Wish For

After my last post, the pity party one complaining that my lack of things to do was draining my motivation, I got what I asked for. Busy. On Tuesday of this week I found out my work schedule for the upcoming week: 6 days, 40 hours. I have work at the store every day except Thursday this week. Which will be good for the pocketbook and the credit card balance. Also I have my side hustle of dog sitting Tuesday-Friday so I will be driving back to my old stomping grounds to tend to some puppers, then back to my new stomping grounds for the store.

I also am going through the job interview process yet again. I still haven't heard from the company from last week, so I'm figuring that's a "no." Yesterday I had this weird, automated phone interview with a new company. It was strange having a one sided conversation with a computer. It was like leaving a voicemail job interview. No one is good at leaving a voicemail! But, I did the voicemail interview yesterday morning and had an email request for a phone interview waiting for me when I got off work. Monday morning I will be having a phone interview before heading to the store.

Husband will be working a rare Monday-Friday 9-5 shift this week, which will be a huge switch from working nights so he can do a training course. I'm closing at the store, so we won't be seeing much of each other this week. He'll be up and gone before I get up. He'll probably be awake when I get home, but exhausted. Then when I have some time off on Sunday he will be starting his new regular Sunday-Wednesday shift.

In preparation for this crazy week, I have taken my day off today to prep as much as I can so that as few fingers as possible will need to be lifted during the week. I have meal prepped ravioli, bean and egg burritos, spinach salads, steamed broccoli sides and spinach dip for munching. Everyone has cereal around for breakfasts. There is coffee to be made. All the laundry has been done. The apartment has been cleaned. The trash has been taken out. The dog has been given a bath.

Tomorrow husband and I are taking our day off to try a brewery he's been wanting to hit and then go out for a date dinner.

I'll see him again next week.

Pretty sure.

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