My Rest

I've been in my house now for two weeks. I've almost finished putting it together. I'm just about finished hanging all of the pictures. From there it is just organizing the basement. It's very gratifying, despite the fact it is a very slow process. It's hard to believe that after all the stuff I gave away before the move, (tvs, dining room suites, microwave and oodles of food and whatnots) that I'm still finding stuff to donate to goodwill and throw out! I think that my total house weight has come down another hundred pounds or so. In the military, everything comes down to the numbers. My household is 10500 lbs.
James is the only guy on this course who lives in the q's. The rest of his course is jealous. He gets to come home to a wife and home cooked meals, he doesn't have to fight for showers and doesn't have room inspections. He's got it good. :o)
My little one doesn't think he's got it so good. He doesn't have near the homework at his new school, so being the hard ass mom that I am, I'm making him do extra to keep the pace with the school he's just left, so he'll actually be advanced for the school he's in. I'm hoping that by the time we go back to Alberta, he'll actually be at grade level. Ontario has thirteen grades rather than twelve, so it's actually a much easier learning curve. I think this will give him some time to catch up.
And now for me... I'm at peace. I'm at home for the first time as a wife and mother since Brandon was a baby. I'm making balanced and nutritious meals from scratch. The beds in my house are made. The house is clean. I feel I have time to myself. Time to think, Time to dream, Time to take care of myself and my family. It's wonderful. I'm going to hate going back to work next week, but at least it will only be part-time. I can afford to ease myself into the work scene, and find the balance where I can learn to be both a bread winner and a homemaker. I never thought that I could live without work. I honestly thought I'd go crazy with nothing to do. And that is true in the sense that if I had nothing to do, I probably would but this homemaker thing is proving to be rewarding as well.

The saying goes, "A change is as good as a rest", I think this is proving to be true.