Finding a Balance & Plan B

With these tough economic times, my paycheck just doesn't seem to go as far as it used to. I am grateful to have a job and that I can work at night. But here lately, I have been working more hours than ususal (29 hours/week) and then doing some additional work out in the community. Here's an explanation of what I normally do. The video is tough to understand if you don't use sign language but I basically interpret phone calls and the service is a 24/7 service. Anyway, yesterday we were supposed to go on a field trip to a local farm but it was rescheduled due to the nasty, rainy weather we had. I was relieved. I was tired from working the night before. James didn't want to go either. He said he didn't want to get  his shoes muddy. Hmmm. So, we had already decided to skip the trip before we found out it had been cancelled for the day. After that, we moved into Plan B for the day. In our pajamas until the afternoon. For me, that was hard. That little voice inside tells me that I am a lazy bum when I am in my pj's too long. But we did stuff! We made pancakes for breakfast. I did some laundry. I did take a shower. On the fly, our big project ended up being going through all of James' toys. That was pretty interesting. He had no problem separating his toys into a "play with" pile and a "don't play with" pile. He is eager to "donate the toys to someone's house".  I was happy to see that he didn't cherish things so much that he couldn't part with anything. And he was happy to discover toys that had fallen to the bottom of the toy basket. He hadn't seen them in a while. We were productive even though we were in our pj's! And James' favorite way of being is in his underwear and pajama shirt. It suits him just fine! He sees no point in getting dressed if he isn't going anywhere. Okie Dokie. I am always paranoid that the ONE day I am in my pj's all day, I will have a visitor pop-in. It never happens. But I like being prepared! Today, we ARE getting dressed and going to help out at the Food Pantry at a local church. James is excited about "working". I'll take my camera.