Week 2- Settling Into a Groove

Generally I have found over the years that things tend to follow a predictable pattern when Master goes away. The first week is mainly full of reactions to things and freaking out over the fact that suddenly all of the decisions are falling on me. I had a huge cloud of worry over my head because of a bunch of factors and in the end, it was really hard to do anything other than go to work, deal with the kidlets and get the extra work I'm doing on the side done.

Now, though, things are starting to even out. I've got a planner started that helps me keep track of things and I think that is helping me deal with my worry about money, staying on top of things with the house, and be productive with my other work. Plus, it's fun and the coloring and stuff I am doing in my bullet journal is helping to reduce stress.

It also helps that Master and I are as close to constantly in touch as we can be. I know that it won't always be that way and I can handle that hurdle when it comes along but for now, this is wonderful. We have a pretty good system. We check in first thing in the morning and at the end of the day at a bare minimum. We also text randomly during the day. If Master is busy, he won't reply to my texts and vice-versa for me.

One thing that I have been able to do is start my organizing process which again gives me a good feeling and makes me feel a little more in control of my circumstances. I trust Master to be in control of those same circumstances when he is here so when that external control is gone, I tend to struggle a bit. Now, though, I'm starting to get things figured out and Master is good with all of the things and changes I have wanted to implement.

On an unrelated note, it looks like Spring MIGHT actually arrive in this corner of the world. I was beginning to think that it was going to pass us by and by the end of March, there is NOTHING great about snow. Not. One. Thing.