Our firefighter slept most of the day away yesterday and is in the kitchen as we speak getting ready to go today. Being low man on the totem pole he was mandated to work on Christmas Day - the joys of being a cub. Nice thing about that is now they have to literally go through the ENTIRE department before they can come back and make him work a day he is not scheduled, which could be several years. He is number 486 of firefighters, so they have to go through everyone AFTER him and then back through everyone on the list before him.
My school Christmas party was scheduled for the 12th of December, I talked Jeff into switching with a cub on a different shift at is house so he could meet everyone (this is my first year at St. Joe's). Wouldn't you know it - cancelled due to weather. Shocking, considering it is in winter in Wisconsin. Now, the trade has come to be paid back and he will have to work the 29th. Which means he will have worked the 24th, 25th, home on the 26th, working on the 27th, home on the 28th, working on the 29th and 30th and finally home on the 31st. Then he is off until the 5th of January.
Now, I was thinking, perhaps there was a conspiracy at work here. My hubby gets out of any possible family drama at the holidays, does not have to deal with any over-tired toddler meltdowns and gets to avoid the cabin fever of four kids home for break. He is off for 5 days JUST as we all go back to school leaving him with just Olivia for most of next week. Hmmm, maybe he is smarter than I gave him credit for!! :)
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