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JudasButcher -> RE: Demanding Jobs (11/19/2009 10:47:02 AM)
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When I am working (currently layed off) , I am a pipefitter. I leave some days at 5am and dont get home until 5pm. I work on ladders, with heavy pipe, and lots of hand tools. My wife works for an orthodontist and her schedule varies. (mondays till 7pm, wednsdays till noon, one saturday a month) She deals with phone calls, unruly kids, and rude parents. While totally different, both jobs are exausting and demanding.We live a bit different than others at home as well as we try to be as self-sufficent as possible. This means a vegetable garden, fruits, animals, canning, picking, weeding, harvesting, etc. So even when we aren't "working", we're working. Spare or leisure time for us is sometimes very rare, if not non-existant, but we make it work. Though it sucks being in a routine, we set aside 1-2 nights a week for us. It could be spent in the playroom or just watching a movie. Even on the days when she is in the kitchen canning or making bread for the week, she's shackled to the counter with a 6 foot chain. If she's in the garden, she sometimes has a rope harness under her jeans and t-shirt. When we aren't "playing" together, we are. We make the most of our time, and just because something isn't actually going on on the surface, it is otherwise. Even now as I type this, I'm working on 12 quarts of homeade chicken soup while she is at work wearing a rope harness and plug. I do love the text messages...."may I take this out yet? It's making me insane!" That's what I love about the way we've worked things....I'm there with her all day, even though I'm at home.
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