Here we are, coasting though the warm month of May. Life is as normal as ever, most things around me haven't really changed much in the past 5 years. My pets, my job, my wife, my whole schedule is just the same over and over again. About the biggest change may possibly be the new car I got 17 months ago.
Throw that schedule out the window.
Up for grabs are my pets, my job, my wife, my family. Each one affecting the other I'm sure. Each one is probably going to be different, and most may be major changes. I'm going to have to cope with each one the best I can, and some will be a very pleasant change indeed.
My Pets
Max has become a handful and a half, and due to another change it my life, I may have to give up on him. The world around me demands more of my time, and there are tons of people who can give him more of the love he needs. We found someone just last night who would love to have him, and he is 95% sure to go. He would have been gone this morning had he not had a second break through seizure.
That small change will cause a bunch of micro changes around the house. First being the money he needs for his care. It frees up about $50 a month. The containment he needs. Currently half my kitchen is literally turned into a zoo cage to contain him. Otherwise he tears apart the house. If he goes, the whole structure of where we live changes as well.
Its a hard choice to make, giving a dog that I've known for almost 4 years to someone else. But at the same time, the care will increase two fold, and it will be a better life.
My Job
I'm really not sure if I will still work at 400lb.communications much longer. Apparently we are not as sustainable as we once were, or we did not match our growth/shrinking well with our spending. I've worked for the same guy for almost 5 1/2 years of my life, and I haven't been happier. It's been a great working relationship that exhibits two way respect. Put us together, we make money, and things are good.
But that will change one way or another. Unless someone comes along and says, hey, here is a bunch of cash to do this work, we will not be working out of the same building. The rent and expenses of being in that building is taking away lots of money.
My Wife and Family
So my wife has been getting a bigger belly for about 27 weeks now. And that's the biggest change of all, my daughter who is on her way into the world. She is scheduled to arrive August 4th, but could come earlier or later. That is the biggest and most enjoyable change of them all. I can't wait to meet her and see her for the first time. Rachel is scared of the pain of birth, and I would be too. But come hell or high water, she should be here in 10-14 weeks.
So that changes everything. I am going to move into a role of higher responsibility. I need to do the best job I can for my daughter, and I want Rachel to be able to have a greater role in raising her. So I'm hoping to find a way to pull more money, so she can cut back on her work hours.
My Schedule
So day by day, week after week, everything will be different. I'll travel to a different destination for my job, and I'll be up in the middle of the night to calm or feed my daughter, I'll have a different house layout, etc etc. But it's all for the better, for me to grow as a person, for us to grow as a family.
And I welcome that change. Its been 5 years of the same old stuff, it's time to mix it up a little.