And Then There Were Four

Things have calmed down around our house.  We no longer have 6 occupants.  We are back to 4.  Yep, the "roommate" and her little pup have moved out.  If you remember THIS post from a couple of weeks ago, then you remember that we were helping out my SIL's SIL by letting her stay with us.  She is a young girl who is in between high school and college.  She hasn't made any decisions yet about her educational future but had decided to get a job in the meantime.

The job she was hired for was basically PRN, filling in for people who were out.  But when she was interviewing they led her to believe that the job was pretty much full-time.  I had already offered to let her crash with us if she needed to to cut out some of her driving time and cost of gas (b/c she lives an hour away from work).  She asked if she could stay with us during the week since the job would be full-time and we thought that would be fine, especially since hubby works the evening shift.  Last Wednesday, the person training her basically told her that the job would mostly be part-time.  This, on top of some other drama she was dealing with, had her completely frustrated.  She had to go back "home" to deal with some things that weekend and by Sunday she had decided to move back home.

And somewhere in there she developed an upper respiratory infection.  Poor kid!  She felt terrible all weekend and on Monday paid a visit to the doctor.  I'm not certain if she made it to work this week but I hope so!

Now, I must be honest.  Having someone live with us that isn't a close relative was a bit weird.  Not to mention that having someone in the house completely messed up my routine.  Don't get me wrong, I was happy to help her out because she needed it and I thoroughly enjoyed her company.  But now I'm relieved to not have someone around all the time that I feel like I have to entertain.  Is that terrible to say?

And I have to say that I miss my hubby in the evenings, but it's also nice to have some time to myself and to spend with my Munchkins.  I must say it is so much easier to keep the house clean without him underfoot!