Stars Aligned

When I first entered the working world, with a part-time job at a gas station, I loved shift work.

I loved being awake, and a part of the world, when most others were sleeping. I loved seeing what went on during the hours I slept for the first 16 years of my life. It was pretty cool!

Now, not so much a fan. Neomom works shift work. She doesn't like it either. She's not a fan of sleeping during the day, and switching back and forth every few days.

I don't like it because we don't enjoy the "rut" that everyone else seems to, you know, work 9-5, Monday to Friday, every evening and weekend off. It's not just the working spouse that works shift work, the stay-at-home spouse does too. So do the kids, in a way.

Neomom's not home for supper every night. She's not here for breakfast every morning. She doesn't get to tuck the kids in every night. And she does not get to enjoy every weekend when Sonwun is home all day long.

But every once in a while, the stars align and we get to enjoy it all. And this week it started, as these things often do, with an uncontrolled discharge of raw sewage into the school basement.

Neomom had just finished three night shifts and had enjoyed a full day to recover. And Tuesday morning we got the call from the school. Cancelled. Day off. Two stars aligned.

No one in the house was sick, mom was off, Sonwun was off and, believe it or not, the weather was beautiful.

On Tuesday, we hit the toboggan hill in the morning, enjoyed a leisurely nap in the afternoon, and then Neomom and Sonwun enjoyed a "date night," consisting of dinner out, a new toboggan and lots of time to talk, one-to-one. Good stuff. (Sontoo and I enjoyed hot dogs and Cars 2).

On Wednesday, the poo problem continued at the school, giving us a second day to toboggan, skate at a local outdoor rink and enjoy a fine dinner of greasy bird bits, courtesy of the Colonel. 

I had every intention of getting some great video footage of the family tobogganing at Garbage Hill yesterday. But after a quick "establishing shot" of the hill, and a recording a run by Neomom and myself, the battery died before we could tape the boys enjoying themselves. The only star that failed to align.

But I'm not complaining. We've had an awesome couple of days together.

Sonwun returns to school this morning, and life returns to our version of normal. 

So here's the video: I added some music and a cool title page to make up for the lack of good footage. Have a great Thursday!