About a month ago my employer cut our work week down to 36 hours. What that means is that a few days a week I'm home around 3 o'clock. There's no question that the cut in hours/pay is impacting our standard of living, however, I could not ask for it to come at a better time in our lives. It's awesome to get home and spend time with Addison before the witching hour rolls around. She is so much fun to be around these days. Even with the reduced work schedule it seems time just flys by. A few times each week we have been able to squeeze in a good walk with the kids prior to dinner, but sometimes that's even hard to justify since the weather has yet to "break" and it's hard to go through the routine of getting coats, boots, mittens and hats on before heading out the door. I usually try not to complain about winter hanging around so long, but I'm ready for warm weather.
Sorry, I should not complain, I did get out and completed my first run around Reed's Lake today, well, perhaps calling it a "run" is exagerating a bit. It took more than 40 minutes, Ruby was pulling me the entire way and the EGR track team lapped me.
My favorite recent photo of our daughter:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7760299@N03/3371947210/in/set-72157614217827821/
and now, the rest of the story
4 years ago
