{"id":33325,"date":"2017-02-07T07:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=33325"},"modified":"2021-02-12T08:17:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T13:17:40","slug":"handling-husband-works-long-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/handling-husband-works-long-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling It All When Your Husband Works Long Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s post is a reader request- my favorite! I am a pretty open book and love sharing how we do life and hearing how you do life in return. Today we’re talking husbands that work long hours\/travel…<\/p>\n

I would love a post on balancing being a part time working mom, part time SAHM with a husband who has long work hours and travels a ton. I feel burned out by being the sole parent most days. Would love your take on this, any advice as I know your husband has crazy work hours too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

-A<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve decided to tackle this topic on a day I’m feeling bright and optimistic. Don’t let that fool you into thinking I haven’t had days where I want to scream IT’S NOT FAIR at the top of my lungs. As the girls have gotten older (now 2 1\/2 and 5), those challenging moments have become fewer and further between, plus I can tell them to go play<\/a> when I need some time to regroup, but still, I’ve been there.<\/p>\n

I’ve had days I feel completely burned out and others where I crave validation. I want to tell David everything I’ve done and I want him to react with a genuine “oh my gosh, how do you do it all? You single handedly make this family function day to day, and so seamlessly, and we are forever indebted to you.” Then I want a full spa day to bask in my awesomeness.<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert: that has never happened.<\/p>\n

But I have learned how to better deal. I never have really considered myself a WAHM because this blog is something that is such a fun passion for me, but to keep it going, it does require my time. I estimate I spend about 15-20 hours a week on the blog. Perhaps that qualifies me as a part time WAHM and maybe it doesn’t but whatever my category, I do run this space and our household during the week since David works sometimes long and always unpredictable hours. (And I still feel I have it easy compared to some of my friends who have husbands that travel for weeks -or months- at a time)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Taking on the majority of home and child care during the week took some getting used to, but over the past 5 years I’ve learned a few tricks that have made my life easier.<\/p>\n