December 2, 2022 – Dayspring Disciples

Archery.
Dentist appointments.
Eye exams.

Oh – and I quit my job.

I celebrated my birthday by quitting my job. It made me so sad. It was such a nice hospital and I loved being with patients again.

But 12-hour nights were killing me.
Specifically – it was destroying my homeschool.

In order to work a 12 hour school night, I was needing to wrap up school by noon, make lunch, and get to bed for a nap by 1:30 or so, so I could be up by 4:30 or so, get dinner underway, and leave for work by 6PM.

Then, the next morning, I drove home like a zombie and slept until noon or so. And then tried to do a full day of school on fumes.

And still do all the things we are supposed to do – drive kids to classes, activities, and the like.

I gave a month’s notice, and grieved having to exit after they poured a lot into me.

My boss reached out. She thanked me for giving it a whirl, and suggested we talk about me staying on in some 8 hour shifts. THAT would be a blessing. We shall see what happens. I am very hopeful we can work something out.

Firstly – daddy had the day off.
Secondly – co op is over.
Thirdly – only Nigel had to work in the evening.

Let’s make up for last year’s non-birthday. (It wasn’t bad – we were just tooo busy.)

After a leisurely morning and a little school with Tab we headed to the Greenville Zoo to have one more visit before our annual pass expires. It was sunny, dry, and in the 50’s. The zoo was quite decorated and it was Dad and Tab’s first visit there.

It is much smaller than Seneca Park Zoo, and doesn’t have as many animals. But they are different and they do try.

The lions were very vocal, too.

They have an awesome set of playgrounds, too!

We went home for a while and ate pizza.
Johanna, Tabitha, Katriel, John and I went up to Bob Jones University for their Christmas Festival. It included SO many activities for families. Concerts. Food Trucks. Tree Lighting.