Life just got trickier

Oooo boy.

Life just gets more exciting every time I look up. Just when I'm finding my stride, I get to add something more into the juggling act.

My husband just got recruited for a job he simply must take. It's a three month gig, with almost no real pay, but the training, mentoring, and chance of making it big are huge. It's a start-up type of opportunity that many wish for, and he's worked really hard- he deserves a chance to bust ass.

The trick is, it really is busting ass. It's 7 days a week, all day and night. He'll be home for dinner and bedtime rituals with the kids maybe twice a week, and that's it. I'm on my own the rest of the time. We won't really see him at all. He'll be lucky if he clocks enough sleep to keep going strong. It's a major deadline push for him.

So for 3 months, I will be winging it alone, and if I want to take advantage of the warm season for paddling, I have to make it all happen before 8 am, and somehow have the energy to tend to the kids for another 13 hours after that, when they finally go to bed around 9pm. I'll have to scale back my tai chi attendance, sadly, to only once a week, and find someone to watch the kids for those couple of hours. (Did I mention that the in-laws are out of town for the next 2.5 months too? No grandparents to help out!)

I'll certainly get to explore another facet of endurance! Stay tuned....