Work Changes

With my growing baby, things change.  One of the big changes was that I was no longer able to lift my client.  Lucky for me, instead of being laid off, I was able to switch clients.  But this completely changed my hours.  Different client, different needs.  She needed someone after school until bed  time.  And she didn't have as many hours as my last client--so it was a cut in hours and these hours were really hard on my family.  Todd was not able to get the study time in he needed.  We decided we have come to far for Todd to fail now because of lack of study time.  Something had to change.  After discussing and brainstorming many options--we ended up cutting my shortened hours in half. I now work only three days a week instead of six.  And I have gotten a babysitter for the girls on two out of the three days.  This enables Todd to have the study time he needs--and he says it helps.  The girls are still excited about getting to go play at their friends house. But it breaks my heart to leave them--it was easier for me to leave them with daddy, but he says they weren't getting better care because he was trying, unsuccessfully, to study.
It has been hard to tighten down our belts again financially.  But we can, and we will be fine.  We trust in Heaven to help us through this.  We are excited for our baby, and he is worth the sacrifice.  I sometimes worry about what we will do after he is born, but the honest answer is that it is in the Lord's hands.  It was His idea to have this baby, and I trust in His plan and His timing: they are always better than my own anyway.  I've enjoyed getting to spend the extra time with my family too.  There have been many silver linings to these changes.  And I just keep making a longer and longer grateful list--it keeps me from looking at the disadvantages!!