Several Days all in One

Living the third shift lifestyle leaves you feeling like you've crammed several days all in one. This morning at around 2 am I made tacos 'cuz it was supper/lunch time. I was wide awake and it felt like it should've been noon not 2 am. It's rather surreal. I have tried switching over completely to third shift so I can be sleeping when Nathan is sleeping and be up when he is, even if he's at work, but I must be a pansy as I usually only can make it to about 5 or 6 and I get tired and go to bed.
It tends to work out though. If Nathan is home he will play his video games for a couple of hours while I'm in bed and it gives him a chance to wind down to go to bed. It also leaves him awake for when I have an 'episode' he hears me and can come calm be down and put me back to bed. Some mornings this happens multiple times. Which is rough, 'cuz I tend to wake up feeling like I haven't slept.
He knows the drill now and is so sweet about comforting me. I generally only remember waking up to him talking to me or hugging me. He sometimes has to snap his fingers or turn on a light to snap me out of it. I know it bothers him that he can't do anything to prevent them, but he is great about dealing with them. I really couldn't ask for a better husband.
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Cookies

Today I baked cookies. Normally this would not be blog-worthy, but the kitchen I baked them in is the size of a postage stamp and my knowledge of cooking could fit on a postage stamp. Twice. Size 16 font. So this was monumental.

After dropping the mixing bowl, spoon, and spatula twice I managed to make about two and a half dozen chocolate chip cookies. However the cookies refused to come off the baking sheets. The recipe clearly said un-greased… But there clear cookie prints on the cookie sheets.

After much scraping and muttering I got the cookies of the sheets and onto cooling racks. Wait… cooling racks… yeah, we didn’t get any of those from the bridal shower or wedding. 17 spatulas and wooden spoons, but no cooling racks.

We did however get a new toaster oven (Thanks, Mom!) with a teeny-tiny grate. That’ll have to work! And it did.

Nathan has yet to taste them and my cookie affair warrants my opinion negated. So the verdict is still out on how they taste.

This adventure in baking is really the first I’ve experimented with cooking on my own without Nathan here to guide me or answer questions and I think it will turn out to be a success. It’s given me some confidence to explore some other areas of cooking, and who knows maybe I’ll venture into becoming the full-time cook! (Unlikely, as Nathan likes cooking)

Being home all the time has taken some getting used to. I’m not used to being home like this on top of the fact the first few weeks we were married Nathan was home a lot. I liked having him home, and him working full-time and third shift has been rough.

I get bored at night home alone. I clean, but the apartment is small (If the kitchen is a postage stamp, the apartment is a postcard – the whole thing can fit in your pocket) and it doesn’t take long to tidy up the place. I’ve already cataloged our DVD collection and organized the closet.

Nathan works so hard, and he does it so that I don’t have to work. I have school to focus on and that’s most important. He’s wonderful and I couldn’t ask for a better husband. And so I hope I can treat him to more special surprises such as chocolate chip cookies.

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