Work/schedule situation

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Please pray for a peaceful resolve with my director over my schedule. She was gracious enough to allow me to cut back to 36 hours/week several years ago when we were unable to afford a sitter for 3 little ones, so DH could stay home during the day and work evenings. This is my first week back after having my 4th baby and I had a feeling this was coming, but I really have no desire to go back to working a full 80. My plans were to get in early so I could be off by 3 to get my kids from school and get a little extra time in with my new baby and get a head start on my hectic evenings.

Please pray that I will have the nerve to ask and my director will graciously accept my request to revisit this issue next summer when the baby has weaned and I have to find a sitter for my big kids anyway.

Thanks in advance.
 
Congratulations on the new baby! Praying for your intentions.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
And blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now
And at the hour of our death
Amen
 
***Hail Mary,
full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

:crossrc:
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art Thou amounst women,
And blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now
And at the hour of death
Amen:signofcross:
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.
 
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to you do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us;
And after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.
 
Holy Michael the Archangel defend us in the day of battle.
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the Power of God,
thrust down to hell, satan and all the wicked spirits,
who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession and was left forsaken. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my words, O Mother of the Word, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

:crossrc:
 
I TT DH and he is absolutely right that my director has given and given: moving me to my own office so as not to be distracted by my co-workers; taking away tasks not directly related to my job and setting up extra training for me. She is in a tough spot defending our department and her request is not unfair. I feel called to task that I really just need to bust my butt and work a whole lot harder and meet her requests related to my job.

I think she will be willing to compromise with me if I can get in 30 minutes earlier each day and take shorter lunches (not leaving to run errands). I still won’t get in a full 40, but close. I really just need to prove myself worthy and I think I’ll feel better about myself and my job if I can do this.

It will also mean DH getting the kids to all their destinations in the morning on his own. I think it will be good for him and for the kids to have this time to learn to work together.

HS, please help me once again to step it up, but also to trust in You in letting go of my morning routine with the kids and trusting DH to take up this task, and in doing so, to feel like more of a part of our family.

Thank you for the continued prayers!
 
Our Father,
who art in heaven
hallowed be thy name
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.

Amen.
 
A little nervous. I get a knock on my door, so I stop pumping, put everything up and redress. When I poke my head out my door, it’s my boss. She asks me if I had a chance to TT DH and so I tell her I can’t get a full 40 in, but I’ll get in earlier every day and take shorter lunches. She’s on the run to lunch and we have this informal little convo in the hallway. She says she’ll see if that will work (I have a feeling it won’t). I just hate the insecurity of not having a more sincere discussion. She still hasn’t done my annual eval w/ me or discussed my time off requests for the year, so I’m sure this will come up again.

I also need to get my co-workers trained that if my door is shut, I’m pumping. I’m still working and they can certainly reach me by phone, but please don’t knock.

This all kind of puts a damper on my desire to help out at the school one day a week at lunch. It kind of stinks, but I may have to employ DH to get the kids from school. Even if I have to come in early, take short lunch and stay till 330, it’s still way better than not getting out till 430 and starting my evening at 5 or 530. But DH would have to work late every night, which he has to do anyway to take off 3-430 every Friday since I can’t get off early. He really could be getting up and getting to work earlier, not taking a full hour for lunch and that would help, but he won’t do that 😦 HS, help me to trust!
 
Well, that settles it. My director held my eval and she made it clear that there’s no wiggle room in my schedule, I absolutely HAVE to work 40 hrs a week. I’m grateful at this point that she’s still flexible enough to allow me off at 330 every day as long as I get my time in. Even though it’s of little consolation, it will mean a little extra $$$ every 2 weeks, which we certainly need.

Now it’s in DH’s hands, whether he decides he wants the boys to go to the sitter after school (which we’ll lose money on) or if he’ll be willing to take a shorter lunch and work a little later every day to be able to pick them up and be home with them till I get off.

HS, please help DH and I both to be generous and considerate with one another in coming to a peaceful resolve.
 
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee
blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus
Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death
Amen
 
Thank you, Father, for your great love and mercy as you worked things out for us in the generosity of DH’s employer when they accepted his request to be off every day @ 3 with our children. Thank you for always taking care of us. Please help us to continue to persevere toward the goal of allowing me to be home full time so we don’t have to deal with these constrictions any longer.

Amen.
 
Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
 
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