My absolutely insane life

 What does one do with her free time when her husband takes a traveling job?  Well…..she decides to remodel her kitchen and give it an updated look.  The first day hubby left for his new job I cried and cried and cried knowing that I would be alone a lot.  I spent days worrying about how I will manage to do it all since I had never done anything alone in my life.   Then I found my strength, and decided it was time to update my kitchen.  We have lived in this house since 1998, and it was time to give it a new look.  We want to replace the cabinets and do a full remodel, but that is expensive and we simply don’t have time for that right now, so I did the best I could.  When I told hubby about it he was less than thrilled.  He told me that he didn’t want me doing it because in the past he always had to either fix my mistakes or he had to take over and finish them.  I vowed this time would be different. I started with the “easier” part of the adventure…..the painting of the cabinets.  I ch

 My husband took a job at a local hospital right out of college in 1991….the hospital system he took the job through was the best paying one in the area with the absolute best benefits.  Unfortunately, like anything times change and his hospital was bought out and the lab he worked in bought out and changed hands several times.  As time went on the insurance became worse, and when covid hit with it came mandatory overtime.  The stress was huge, and many people quit. Being an essential worker isn’t always the easiest especially during a pandemic.  The hospital was so short staffed, and even though the lab was making a huge amount of money the employees were not seeing that in their raises and/or bonuses.  They were doing all the work, and upper management was bragging about how they were getting bonuses for keeping their work numbers low (low numbers because people quit and they couldn’t replace them but that also meant lots of work for the workers that were still there). The final stra

 Welcome to my new blog.  In this blog I am hoping to share my thoughts, life, experiences, and so much more.  I am hoping this will be a place where I can be open and honest, and either inspire others, or make them think. Why am I creating this blog you might ask?  Recently my life changed drastically, and my best friend (aka my husband) took on a new job after working at his previous employer for almost 31 yrs.  This change has caused me to re-think my life, my career, and my role in this marriage.  I realized I needed to find things to do while he was gone, and so that is where this blog has come from.   Keep your eyes open for future blogs, and be grateful for the life that you have….I know I sure am!