Can I stop running now?

I haven't stopped running, kids in tow, since I closed the door to my home and everything I knew on March 25th. 4 bags, $25 and three kids.

Everything has taken a million steps. Making a new life is so complicated and exhausting. Everytime I figure something out (daycare, work, legal, budget, etc) one of the peices of the chain pops out and I have to rework life all over again.

Most difficult has been the work and daycare. I am so thankful for my nursing license and the ability to get work when a lot of people can't. I'm also grateful for the shot in the arm of "You can do this!" that this job has given me, BUT..... the 16 hours shifts and night jobs doesn't allow us to get close to anything stable or normal. The kids get woken up at 5 only to spend an hour and a half in the car, get dropped off at the babysitter and then stay there until 10 pm, only to make the drive back home again. It's tiring, eats away the kids time with their one parent left and hasn't allowed me to get involved in church or Divorce Recovery.

But alas! A new job has come! I got the job I have been praying for! It's 12 hours, Monday, Wednesday and Friday and close to home. The pay is better and the hours allow me to put the kids in a regular preschool and then have dinner, bathtime and prayers at night. I'm hoping that this will help me to transition from survival mode to creating a new family normal.

Thank you God for my new job and the new preschool the kids will be at!

Christmas Eve will be 10 months.