For those not in the know (because somehow I forgot to write about it before now) Jack’s dad recently took a new job that is an hour south of where he lives, which is about 1.5 hours south of where I live and Jack attends daycare. The commute to the new job meant that he would no longer be able to participate in daycare pick up or drop off, Jack would be in daycare an extra day, and Joe’s time with Jack would be reduced to only his days off. Since his days off were Saturday and Sunday, this also meant that Jack and I wouldn’t have weekends together until Joe’s seasonal position ends in June. Needless to say, I was pretty bummed about that. I’m pretty burned out after work most days of the week and don’t get a lot of quality time with Jack.
Luckily for all of us, Joe was able to rearrange his new work schedule so that he will be working Sunday through Thursday beginning in March. We each get a weekend day with our kid to do fun stuff and we can keep Jack out of daycare an extra day (which is great for us moneywise in addition to allowing the munchkin to be with his parents that much more). Good all around and a huge relief for me!
The only con is I won’t be able to get out of town for a weekend without the kid for a while (since Joe still won’t be able to take Jack to daycare), but that is not unusual for your typical parent anyway. I can totally handle that.
He got to pet the upstairs neighbor’s dogs and I got to switch laundry over to the dryer. We watched the dogs play for a bit and then went inside and sat on the couch eating ice cream cones. He grinned at me between licks.
