New Job, New Attitude?

Well maybe not the attitude. But a new job. I am working at the Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee. I work in the office, it is a nice job. I like my boss Paige she is easy to work for and she is one of those women who give you lots of kudos when you do good work which makes a person feel good. As well as a little awkward, I am not used to the compliments and I always feel like blushing a little. Anyway the job is fairly easy, answering phones, data entry, general office work. Things have changed in the office world since I was in it last, the copier is a mystery to me - where is the super large Xerox that sounds like it might take off? And of course there is the whole computer thing. I have the data entry thing down that is a no brainer but every once in a while she will ask me if I know how to format something in a word document or make a spread sheet.... I am now kicking myself for not taking computers in high school. I remember thinking " what am I going to need that for?" as I walked down the hall to use the mimeograph machine for a teacher. Now I see. It seems that everyone can do this, the little teenagers who come to work can do these things and I, well, I figured out the internet, blogging and how to make a birthday card with the software that came with the home computer I bought. I guess there are so many more things you can do with a computer. Perhaps I need to investigate this a little more. The only problem with working is I am gone almost every night. I leave the house around four and I don't get home till ten or so. I miss being with the kids a little. I liked bedtime, baths and stories and cuddling. I don't get to eat dinner with the family and I am sure they are eating whenever they want and wherever they want as evidenced by the plethora of plates and glasses in the family room when I get home. Plus there is the fact that I come home and the kids are still up and my husband is in bed. Now I realize he has to get up early but I get up with him every day and I homeschool the kids all day and make dinner that I never get to eat and work for 4-5 hours and come home and clean up and I still have to be the one who scoots them upstairs! I am having a bit of trouble with this. I wish he would just put the littles to bed and then I will deal with the older ones but almost every time I walk in baby is sleeping on the floor and Jake is sleeping on the chair or the couch. Oh well at least the money is helping out a bit. I will have to work out the other stuff.