Shifting

When September started, the bus schedule changed. After some juggling, I found that I could leave the house at almost 7:30 — about 15-20 minutes later than I had been.

When school reopened after the strike, Kiddo started at a new school with a different bus route. Her shift meant that she started leaving the house at about the same time as me.

Tomorrow, everything shifts again.

Shawn starts a job on campus in the ETCL, in the next building over. [He wrote about his decision to take regular job instead of freelancing on his blog] I will be changing my hours of work to match his, 9 to 5. We bought a parking pass today — despite the continued increases to parking rates, it is still cheaper for both of us to carpool and park on campus than to buy two bus passes. As much as I have gotten used to taking the bus, I am really looking forward to not standing in the rain and not jostling for a seat, and speaking of seats, I am looking forward to having mine heated in the morning.

In order for Kiddo to get to school on time, we will still have to get up at the same time — about 6:20 am — but I am going to take advantage of the shifted schedule to get back to regular yoga. I’ve been trying to find an extra half hour in my morning but I just couldn’t get up any earlier (heck, this morning, I overslept by mistake) so I am very much looking forward to the extra hour.

Of course on the other side of things, we’ll need to shift too. We will need to get back to meal planning and sharing the weight of meal preparation but Kiddo has a small arsenal of meals she’s good at preparing — including Pad Thai, vegetarian shepherd’s pie, and chili with cornbread — so if Shawn and I take two nights each and she takes one, we can get weekday meals made without too much trauma.

Other things will shift too, but for now, this is the big shift. It may not be seismic, but it’s significant, so please bear with us as we adjust.