5/14/21 Last Day For Wife In La Pryor?

     Wife will be done with her job in La Pryor tomorrow, and thus, that chapter will be over.  I must say, it lasted longer than I thought it would, I believe it was a good gamble even if it cost us some time together.  For her efforts, she was able to put her Master's degree to use in taking that job, which at the time she started she was floundering in Bastrop, locked in a position she had outgrown.  The reason she took the job was that she was seemingly stuck in Bastrop and the pay was decent, but not great.  She was compensated pretty good to take the job in La Pryor, which was the main reason for taking it, along with getting the Director title from Specialist or Coordinator, that she used to be.

    For me, I was measuring her time gone with the project that was started at the same time to widen I-35 between Ben White and William Cannon.  That is the meat of my drive, being that I live off Slaughter Lane in South Austin.  When she left they were starting a four year project to add a lane to each side and make it more efficient to go from Ben White to I-35 and vice versa.  The project seemed to take forever and for a time I even thought Wife would beat the construction home and be able to benefit from the wider highway, but no.  I guess they finished it a few months ago, it is hard to say when exactly, there are still some nights when they seem to go out there and shut down a lane for no reason, so who knows.

    I know it was tough for Wife to let go of her La Pryor position.  She had a good staff around her, the ladies all seemed to work together very well and more times than not, she would stay until the sun went down working in the office with a couple of the ladies.  

    I actually think Covid-19 made the last year bearable because from around March of last year until August, she was home more than she was there on any given week.  She worked from home which made things feel normal.  I was hoping things would have stayed that way, but they went back to school at the start of this fall.

    I will be glad to have a partner in keeping up with the house and the boys.  The boys have been great and I haven't had to worry about their behaviors in and out of school, but Baby A does need more interaction with his mama to soften him up.  He is very independent and mature for his age, which is great, but he doesn't have much of a soft side and I feel that comes from spending time with females.  I'm going to have to get used to having her around every night.  During the week I just kind of do what I do, with her here, I know I am going to have to think of her before I go doing things, but I guess that is what is supposed to happen when one is married.