Barrybran III - New job, new life?

[Barrybran]

Pretty good day today. I worked this morning and the worst error I made was overcharging a fellow workmate (not used to the staff discounts yet). My boss was happy with my work as was I. Due to costs, my boss sent me home and hour early but being a weekend I was due to make extra anyway. I had my first lunch rush and I feel I'm getting the gist of the job already after only five shifts.

My wife was glad to see me home early today as she organised a surprise birthday party for her sister at our place. I did some jobs for her as well as cleaned the toilet and bathroom and felt happy with my efforts. It was also a bit of alone time for me despite the kids running around the yard. Once the party started I had a chance to sit down and boy did I need it. I enjoyed a few rums tonight and had a good chat with my brother-in-law. Later in the evening, my wife decided it was time to organise the kids for baths and bed and started the process without telling me. No biggie but normally I'm the one handling this and because it was a special event I enjoyed myself and let the kids run amok. I went inside to help where I could but my wife had everything under control so I went back outside and enjoyed myself.

I had some minor pleasant interaction with my wife this afternoon but nothing this evening. She works a short shift tomorrow while I have the day off but we're looking after my sister-in-law's daughters so it's going to be a full house (six kids!) and no real rest. I work seven days straight after tomorrow so it'll be a good run for me with work and the gym.

One downer however was some minor snippiness between my wife and parents yesterday. My parents moved their bus from the front to the back yard yesterday ready for tonight and when my wife got home she jokingly said "yay, they're gone" to them. I knew what she meant but my Mum took it to heart and said to me later "we still have some things we need to do to the bus before we leave." I can't wait for them to leave but I understand that their funds are limited and they can't just up and leave and I don't expect them to. I really don't want to deal with any negativity though so here's hoping the next week or so progresses smoothly for all involved.