Well there I was, seemingly on the verge of a meltdown, and all of a sudden I’m starting to feel better. I’m not quite sure just exactly what has been going on, but I suspect that it has to do with a few things. Money matters have been a really big stress on our family lately. We haven’t made any friends since moving here to Texas in July. I’ve also been working a heck-of-a-lot of overtime in the last few months.
Money has been very tight the last few months, to the point where I’ve been afraid how we were going to feed our family. We’ve really had to cut back, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and have learned some valuable lessons through all of this. We try to make meals that aren’t too expensive, but still have some nutritional value, trying our hardest to avoid pre-packaged foods. It’s amazing how our family always seems to be able to find a way to make ends meet, and we wouldn’t be able to do it if we didn’t have the support of each other.
I work in a small office, where people have to work twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. This means that it’s difficult to get together with any of my co-workers during my off-time. My wife works at home, so doesn’t get to interact with too many people unless we go out to the park or something like that. The older kids have seemed to have a tough time making good friends at school, and I don’t know why as they’re such good kids. Our son actually just had a friend spend the night last night, and our daughter was just involved in some sort of academic competition this morning, so hopefully things are going to start turning around for them and they can make some more friends. As far as my wife and I go, we have each other, and the kids, so if good friends don’t come around, I think we’ll be okay. We just need to try and get out more to interact with people.
I’ve been working 48-60 hours at work for the last few months. What this means, is that I normally only have one day off at a time, which isn’t nearly enough to recuperate from a rough week at work. This weekend, though, I actually have all three days to relax and enjoy my family, and I can already notice a difference in my mentality.
So rather than sit here and explain more about what’s going on with me, I think I’ll call it a day for writing, and go out and spend some quality time with my family. After all, I’m feeling better now, and want to take advantage of my time off of work. Have a great weekend!
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