Adjustments

It's amazing how hard adjustments can be--even when they are good ones. We had to adjust to Shane being deployed last year and that was one of the hardest adjustments we have ever had. Then we had to adjust to him being back home, which also took a while--although that was a good adjustment. We had to adjust to moving back to the states (that one was easy and didn't take long). Now, we are going through another adjustment and it isn't always pretty. This year Shane is in school--that means he has a low stress job and is home a lot. This on the surface is a good thing. Actually, not just on the surface, it is a good thing. However, this too is a huge adjustment for our family. The kids have started school, but not activities. Shane is home most days between 1 and 4. Dillan and I are home full time right now--neither one of us has started school yet. So all 6 of us are on top of each other a lot of the time. Together time is awesome, but too much can be stressful too. We can get on each other's nerves quite easily and things escalate much to quickly. Don't get me wrong, things are still good in our household, but we are definitely going through another adjustment. Just as we had to get used to being apart during a deployment, now we have to get used to being together most of the time. Adjustments, Lord help me through this.