Back to Work

Well, the vacation is over. If you call maternity leave a vacation. Little sleep, changing diapers, cleaning the house. Not exactly a vacation, but I enjoyed it. Enough to forget quite a bit of what I do for a paying job.

I can’t say I’m over the moon about returning to work and we are praying it won’t be for long, but God has provided a job for me that is flexible. When Ed gets home in the afternoon (he starts work well before the sun rises), I leave him with Emry and head to my office for a few hours. Thus far, it has worked out quite nicely. He and Emry get to spend some time together and a few hours goes by quickly for me. Especially when I’ve piles on my desk to get through.

Some things haven’t changed. We’re still wrestling with PennDot. (Like anything government run, they never tell you everything up front so when you think you’ve reached the end, you haven’t. And then they tell you you’ve taken too long to do this or that because they keep rejecting it for reasons you can’t understand so you have to start all over again. Really? What is so difficult about being honest and upfront that government people can’t understand?) For me, building spreadsheets is like riding a bike – you never forget how to do it. (And good thing since we’ve gotten three new VA cemetery jobs and a couple of additions on past contracts since I’ve been gone.)  And the city is still two months past due paying us.

But while I’ve been gone, I have certainly put everything dealing with an office aside to focus on being a mama.  I couldn’t remember what drive my accounting work was in on the server.  I still have to remind myself how to read the billing sheets, which can be a bit confusing.  And I need to look at my list of all the end-of-month reporting I must do because I know I will miss something. No doubt it will all come back quickly, though. It is just an office – no problem.

So, we’re trying to get into a new schedule with our little family and I pray that Emry will have the grace she needs to settle in with us – not to mention the grace we need to live it. Isn’t it good that God’s grace is truly sufficient?