Where are ya'll this morning?
I need some girlie support...
My husband's an air traffic controller. He used to work shift work, holidays, and weekends. Our days off weren't the same, and it was tough, but we made it work.
For almost 2 years now, he's had a normal 9-5 job at headquarters with travel. He travels quite a bit, but honestly, I prefer this to the shift work. I love having dinner together and spending weekends together. I love it.
This fall, he's going back to school. He has an Associates and about 2.5 years under his belt, and he wants his Bachelors. he's not sure what he'll major in. He's thought about law and going to law school so he can be a lawyer once he retires (Air Traffic Controllers retire pretty young - 55 or 25 years). He's thought about electrical engineering because it interests him, and he does a lot of DIY projects. He's thought about English because that'll be good with pretty much anything he does once he retires from the FAA.
I'm so proud of him, and I'm excited for him. But both of us are nervous. The good thing is that his boss is letting him take Tuesdays and Thursdays for classes. The bad news is that this is going to take a LOT out of him. His job is already pretty much a 24/7 job. He's always working, checking up on his email, keeping up with what's going on. When he travels, he works from 7am to midnight. Sometimes later, rarely earlier. He does take out time for me and for us, but he works. A lot.
Now he's going to throw school into the mix. Time is going to become a major factor. And I'm so nervous. My husband and I spend most of our not-at-work time together. And I like it that way. so does he. And we've both talked about how this will change things.
I just need someone to tell me it won't be as bad as I'm thinking it will. I need to be supportive, not jealous of the time school takes away from me. He'll have so much stress already, I don't want to add to it by needing his attention.