Don't Panic!!

So, today was the first day of the rest of my life. Sure you have heard that before, I know, but really, something changed today. Tonight was the first night I would have worked, but didn't because I am no longer employed. By choice, my wife got a job recently that is going to be lucrative enough to make up for the value of the same amount of money earned by me as a server.

I will be taking an on campus job soon, as I accepted work study for the first time for my financial aid, but outside of that, I will start a vegetable garden some time this week to offset food costs. Also I will, once the transition is complete, be offering myself out to my local friends for general assistantry, at sliding scale rates.

I suppose updating this regularly should also be part of this transition to SAHDness.

Today went smoothly, homeschool was about the same as it always is on Tuesdays, but knowing I had every second of my day to spend on my family's and my educational, and household needs certainly made it feel different. I believe I owe part of my smooth day to how much time I spent in the kitchen always within easy reach of a towel, a simple reminder not to panic, no matter how drastic the change in your life.

The house is still behind from the transition, since we spent the last month and a half with both of us employed and doing school, the only place that can give is the cleanliness of the house, and by golly, it gave.

Tonight I will be going to the grocery store and finishing my 2-3 pages on Frege and Russell's discussion of propositions, finishing the 2-3 pages on Wittgenstein's ideas on use giving meaning, as well as studying for tomorrow's German test, which I am unlikely to do well on. Adjective endings, and subjunctive confuse me terribly, I believe genitive is on this test as well, I'm sunk.

The big painfully hypocritical irony of this being my first day responsible only to me and my family, we were not able to make it to the big BP protest I have been blowing so much smoke about. Again, something has to give when life is this packed, and for all of you out there I blew smoke at over this I apologize for not making it out there.

Well, I guess that is that, the whole day is about summed up there, I'll make any addendum in the comments or on FB, and will post my Philosophy papers tonight for everyone's perusal.