More Changes

I am not a creature of change, I am a creature of habit.  Unfortunately, for types like me, change happens so I combat it with everything I have and try to control it which, of course, is futile.  Of course that doesn't stop me from trying by making a plan of sorts for each and every possible variable and let's not forget the myriad of lists and the lists about what I need to make lists about...  It gets crazy, then I get crazy, and pretty soon everyone around me gets crazy....

There I was, minding my own business, it was the beginning of August, I had no concrete dye plans, and I knew a change would be upon me in a few weeks when the minions went back to school.  No problem, we'll just make a new schedule and plan out the next few months.  I had a routine mapped out where I would drop the kids off, come home and soak yarn, go for a run, dye some yarn, clean everything up, pick up the kids, work on dinner/pick up the house, knit.  Nice, neat, domestic, manageable.  Perfect.

Then I got a phone call while the minions and I were at the State Fair.  (Which reminds me, I will add some Fair photos to this post later.) It was the school principal (the one who gave us Charlotte/Aragog).    "Do you like your current nursing job?"  Why?  Do you have a full-time school nurse position open?  "No, but I have a part-time opening.  Do you want it?"  Maybe....  All of a sudden my nice neat little organized plan came crashing down (potentially) and my brain was overcome with variables - time, $, schedule, benefits, hospital job, my business, running, housework, what if, what if, what if...  You get the idea. 

I figured it wouldn't hurt to interview and find out what I could as to whether or not it would be feasible to take such a paycut...  I spent many a day talking myself into staying where I was then into taking the school nurse job if it was offered and then back again.  I interviewed on my birthday and was offered the job today and after talking it over with the hubby we decided that it would be an alright move for our "team".  I am going from working 6 or so days a month to having 6 or so days a month off so I'm not sure how everything will play out as far as my running and dyeing and all that goes but we'll make it work.  I can make anything work!  I will still be working at the hospital as a prn staff to supplement during the months/Summer.  Busy busy!

Here are some pictures that the minions and I took while we were meandering around the State Fair this past August.