My life has done a complete change. No more driving hours to and from work. No more spending over half of my paycheck in gasoline. No more being away from my family. I don't know what changed inside me, but one day I guess I just got too tired of all of it. I happened to be with my mother in law and she wanted to stop for a soft drink. We pulled into a gas station and on the front door was a sign saying they were hiring.
Before I knew what I was doing, my mouth was moving and I had an application in my hand. Ten minutes later, I was speaking to the owner and setting up an interview. The next day I had the job. Just. Like. That. I didn't tell my former boss to take his job and shove it, but it danced all through my head. I hear he's still ticked off. Probably had to do with the fact he told me I "might" have to work 7 days a week for 3 months straight this winter if he had to leave town for family reasons. I could not imagine driving an hour each way, every day for 3 months with no days off. I'm beginning to see why my mouth started moving by itself the day I asked for an application!
I can't even begin to explain how different life already feels. It feels like I'm home all the time, despite working close to 40 hours. Just by working 15 minutes away, I've already added 10 hours a week to being home instead of on the road. Couple with the fact that one of us is always home with the kids now, instead of us relying on others to help us out.
Something else I love is feeling like I belong. When I worked out of town, my customers weren't my neighbors. I had nothing in common with them. Different school calendars, different laws, not to mention paying their school and city taxes and not my children's. I've lived in my town for three years now and I have never experienced it. I'm excited to get to know who my neighbors are and to finally feel that sense of community. I'm also going to have to get a map and study the area, because working and living in two different places really messes with a person's sense of direction. I need to get to know my town. I can't even explain how excited I am that I made the decision to change jobs. I HATE change, even good change, but I seem to be adjusting just fine.
On to other news.. It's getting colder outside, so we saw the need to update our little chickie coop. It's been completely revamped with lots of improvements. The biggest improvement is that one whole side now raises up to allow complete access to the inside for feeding, cleaning, or to check out our flock. We also added new and improved nesting boxes to the side instead of on the inside like before. It's also much, much taller to allow the chickies to roost easier inside. Our nuggets have grown so much since we first brought them home in a container no bigger than a shoe box. They're nearly full grown and laying one egg each every day. I actually got to see one lay an egg yesterday because their coop wasn't completed yet and they had to stay in the run to keep them safe. When the urge to lay strikes, well, it's not like the chickie can tell itself "not today". She cackled and turned in circles a few times, squatted for a second and when she stood up, there it was! Pretty cool stuff!
It's amazing the stuff I'm going to see now that I'm actually home!
This is all such wonderful news. Congrats!
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