New schedule these days

Skip has gone up a "point" at Sinai, and is now working 5 shifts every 2 weeks (as before), but will now be working 7pm-7am.  He's also, in case I didn't post it before, working as a transport nurse for Meda-Care once or twice a month.  He's still occasionally working as an EMT there, too.  I'm so proud of all his hard work, because it's really paying off in terms of him being a successful nurse.  However, it means we're having to rearrange things here and there with our schedules, which is always a bit more complicated when a one-year-old is involved.

Preston is still going to Cassandra's, except now on the days after Skip's shifts he's there all day, as opposed to just the morning.  Depending on what time Skip gets home in the mornings, he will sometimes be the one taking Preston to Cassandra's, which will save me some time in getting to work.  We kept the same babysitter even though we moved a little farther away, but that means I have to leave way earlier on the mornings when I have to take Preston.  Such is life.  So, we tested that out this morning, and it was a little crazy.  But it worked, with Skip getting home just in time for me to pass Preston off to him so he could take him and I could go to work.  I'll pick Preston up in the afternoons now, which will be a little different since Skip was usually the one to pick him up before.  I think this new schedule will work out okay for us, and it will be nice having a little extra income, as well.

Our poor dog is totally confused, though, since he was used to Skip getting home at 3:30 every morning.  He stayed downstairs most of the night last night, and scared the bejeezus out of me when I got up to go to the bathroom at 4, when he was standing outside the door when I came out.  He looked so confused as to why Skip wasn't home yet.  He'll get used to it, but he's a pretty sensitive dog, so it'll be interesting to see if it affects him at all.  Listen to me-- I'm talking about my dog like he's our child.  :)  Well, he is our hairy 1st child...

Anyways, I'm off to Menards, the grocery store, and Discount Liquor tonight to get supplies for tomorrow's "yard party."  We've got folks coming up to help us get our yard in order, finally, as this really is the first weekend since the summer started that we've been able to specifically dedicate our day to the yard.  It's about time!  Let's just pray that the weather is nice enough...