Okay, I know I don't have a huge following here at this little blog, and many of you I know in real life and some of you I've met through bloggy world. That's usually how it goes, I assume. But I'd like to start getting to know you a little better, so I hope you answer! Today I'd like to hear what your hubby does for a living? And what kind of work schedule does that entail?? I'll go first... My man works as a nuclear power plant operator. Everyone needs power round the clock and even on holidays, so he works a rotating shift. It's a 5-week rotation of something like 4 days on, 3 days off, 3 nights on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 1 day off, 4-day training week, 2 days off, 3 nights on, 6 days off. That's not the exact rotation, but you get the idea. He works 12-hr shifts, 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am + 1 hr travel time, (it's only 25 minute drive but he picks someone up along the way and allows extra time so he isn't ever late), so that's why he gets longer sets of days off, which is pretty nice. Those days off are only sometimes over the actual weekend, and thus they're sometimes during the week too. There's pro's and con's about that, as there is with any job. The good--he's home sometimes to take/pick up Eli from school or watch kids if I have an appointment or errands or we have someone coming to the house for some house-related problem/project. The bad--his days are long so he's quite tired by the end of the day and we really just see him on his days off, he misses church a LOT so the kids and I are quite used to {though don't enjoy it} going to church by ourselves, he's not always home in the evenings and is {sometimes} unable to watch kids when I have ladies church events/Bible studies, he lives on energy drinks, and weekend and holidays don't mean anything for his schedule. It just depends on the rotation if he'll have the day off or not. But another good bonus of his job is that he's able to pick up overtime hours, so there are opportunities to earn extra mulah. And in the end that's really the only thing it's about. Kevin's great at his job, but he doesn't love it. It's just the most relevant thing to what he did in the Navy before this, so it makes sense for him to continue in this field now in order to support our family. We are very proud of him and all he does, and every day we thank God for his job and that he works so hard! Okay, so wow, that was a more lengthy explanation of his job and work schedule than I expected, but so it is. So now it's your turn... what does your man do for a living and what's the schedule like for him and your family??
