Its been like this most of our marriage though. I am kinda used to it by now. I wonder when the kids will figure it out. My oldest thinks we are weird, but I don't think it bothers her. By the time Dan gets normal days off most of the kids will be older and probably think our family get togethers are lame. I am thankful that Dan gets to do something he loves though. Them's the breaks.
So I am sitting here in the 4th of July waiting for him to come home. This is what Christmas, Thanksgiving and every family birthday will be like. Until......whenever. I guess the dates really don't mean as much as coming together as a family. I hope our kids understand that. I hope the folks in our lives don't hold our strange schedule against us either. We do our best. I know its not the same when I show up to parties and stuff with the kids in tow and no Dan. Trust me its no fun for me either, but if I waited for Dan to be off we'd never go to anything. The kids would be stuck in the house all the time and that makes for a long day for me. Most of the time I am a single parent and its really hard. Some days its a breeze and some days its kinda sad. Today is kind of a mixture of both. I hope people realize how hard Dan and the other cops work. I hope today when they are calling to complain about stuff they notice that they have the day off and some folks don't. Maybe be a bit more patient and try to enjoy your holiday without all the drunkeness and crap. Just try.
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I feel your pain. I'm just so used to it, too. My kids are 13 and 15 and they're used to it, too, so celebrating on a different day doesn't bother them at all. We're not even doing the 4th this year because Tyler's working until 1:30 a.m. and the kids really don't care about fireworks. So we've sat around relaxing . . . . ahhhhhhhh. And if your family or friends hold your strange schedule against you, to heck with them!
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