Routine is the keyword here. I have no routine. Each week I'll probably work on different days, different shifts. The good news about this is the flexibility. I no longer have to miss weddings etc because of work. Teachers may have "long vacations," but we can't take them at our convenienc. I found that very difficult at times. When I took the job at Yafiz, because its a large store with many workers, I was told that I could have a different work schedule each week. That is as long as it suits the store's needs.
The difficulty is that I no longer have a housework schedule. I can't always cook the same day and time for Shabbat. I can't count on doing laundry the same days of the week and know when I'll be home. There will even be weeks when I have to work on a Friday. I don't know how I'll manage, but I'll have to. I'll pretend that I'm watching my son in a football final.
And work isn't the only thing that varies from week to week. We're invited to various events, and we have kids and grandkids and friends etc. So I can get pretty busy and suddenly discover, like this week, that I should have done a few washes. I'm low on some clothes etc. We also have too much food leftover from this last week. Some of that can be eaten today or "recycled."
Most important, I ought to admit to you that I've always hated housework. I'm just not much of a baleboosteh. Cooking's OK, creative, but the cleaning part is a drag.
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