My husband lost his job in December, and he's been working as a temporary worker for another company since the beginning of April. He had always worked first shift, we left the house at the same time, got home around the same time, and were able to eat supper and spend the evening together most nights. Now he's on third shift, and I'm ridiculously lonely. He gets home around 10:00 a.m., stays up until around noon or one, then goes to bed until around 8:30 or 9:00, gets up, and is out of the house by 9:45 p.m. I'm home on summer vacation (I'm a teacher), and even though he's home all day, I can't talk to him. I feel like I never get to see him!! He's awake for a few hours, but he usually just wants to veg out and relax.
Worse, I'm really afraid of being in the house alone at night. We have a state trooper living next door to us, but it's still scary being in a house in the country by yourself. I can't even sleep upstairs in our bedroom anymore - it's too spooky and lonely. Any sound wakes me up, and I'm lucky if I get more than 5 hours of sleep a night. I have to wait to do housework until after he leaves for work so I don't disturb him, so I usually don't get to sleep until around 2 or 3 in the morning. That's fine now, but what am I going to do when school starts in August? If he's still on third shift when we decide to have children, I can't even imagine what a train wreck I'll be then. I'm scared enough being home by myself, I don't even want to think about worrying about a baby too!
My husband seems to be doing fine with his shift change, so why am I having so much trouble with this? Am I just being a baby? Does anyone else have a problem like this?
Worse, I'm really afraid of being in the house alone at night. We have a state trooper living next door to us, but it's still scary being in a house in the country by yourself. I can't even sleep upstairs in our bedroom anymore - it's too spooky and lonely. Any sound wakes me up, and I'm lucky if I get more than 5 hours of sleep a night. I have to wait to do housework until after he leaves for work so I don't disturb him, so I usually don't get to sleep until around 2 or 3 in the morning. That's fine now, but what am I going to do when school starts in August? If he's still on third shift when we decide to have children, I can't even imagine what a train wreck I'll be then. I'm scared enough being home by myself, I don't even want to think about worrying about a baby too!
My husband seems to be doing fine with his shift change, so why am I having so much trouble with this? Am I just being a baby? Does anyone else have a problem like this?