Winding Down and Winding Up.
My wife is taking a sabbatical. Her employer allows full time workers to request a sabbatical every seven years. The sabbatical is up to six months unpaid, and her job will be safe when she returns. Her work has been extraordinarily stressful, especially in recent years. She works extremely hard for her clients, and I can always tell that she’s had a rough day, not because she comes home worn, but you can see she probably had been crying that day. Some days she has to hospitalize one of her clients/patients, and she is always apologetic, and feels terrible, but it never bothers me. We are truly blessed. Every night we ask our children what they are grateful for, and when I am asked, I always say the same thing, “I’m grateful for healthy children.” So it could always be worse, after that, there isn’t much to really complain about. But I’m going to do it anyways.
My wife is a therapist and she has to wind down her clients and transfer them to other therapists before the end of this week (she has three more days). I on the other hand will need to be taking on more clients, and praying they are flexible when I tell them that I’m going to be living out of country for 6 months, flying in only for court appearances. I am stressful for many reasons, that are the exact opposite of my wife’s. I need to keep my business going. We decided that I can only fly in on a Monday and fly back on a Friday. She doesn’t want me away from her for too long, and I don’t understand why she wants me around in the first place. I plan on flying back once per month. We plan on taking a big trip in the country we are staying in once a month also. But before we get on the plane we are going to do the following:
- Pack for at least three weeks
- Ship appliances the home doesn’t have
- take our older three kids to see Hamilton
- I have four court appearances
- Get both cars cleaned out and fixed
- Park my truck at a friends place not too far from the airport
- Clean our house
- Go through our mail
- I need a haircut
- Get travelers insurance
- Have one last date night
- Clean up my office
No clue how this is going to happen. Pray for patience for my wife with me.
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