Olof’s in the thick of the job hunt now, and I expect it won’t be too long before he comes up with something. The way things look now, it’s extremely unlikely–whatever he ends up doing–that he’ll be able to work from home full-time and that’s going to mean a lot of big changes for all of us. He’s worked from home since before we got together, which means that for ten-plus years I’ve been used to having him around pretty much all the time. The kids have lived their entire lives with two at-home parents, and I fear it’s going to be a shock to all of our systems to have the parenting force cut suddenly in half for most of the hours of the day.

My biggest worry right now, trivial as it sounds, is how I will handle Tage’s violin lessons. We have class twice a week, Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. and Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Most likely we could manage the later lesson okay, but the early one just may turn out to be a logistical nightmare. I attend and participate in the lessons as well, remember, so it’s not just as simple as getting him there and back. I have to be able to play, which means taking the little girls along isn’t really an option. I suppose I’m putting the cart before the horse, in any case. It’s not entirely impossible that any job that materializes wouldn’t start until school is out for the summer (or nearly so, anyway), and that would give us a bit of room to plan and adjust.

I have to say, too, that as much as I’ll miss Olof being here, there is a little part of me that’s looking forward to the change. He’s spent a few days lately out and about doing various things and I notice that I’m much more productive when he’s not here, even if I do have to do all the kid-tending. When we’re both at home we spend most of our time together, but when I’m the only adult here I have to find other ways to occupy my time, which usually translates into more chores getting done, if nothing else. Who knows, maybe if he works enough hours I’ll actually end up with a clean house one of these days.