My husband, Chris, is a meteorologist for the National Weather Service (NWS). His job is not a 9 to 5 job. The weather is 24 hours/7 days a week. As such, the meteorologist work varying shifts around the clock every day of the year (Chris sometimes has day shifts and other times has overnight shifts). Often, we do not see Chris on the weekends, because he works most of them. His weekends may be a Monday and Tuesday instead of a Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, he works 7 days in a row, most weeks, before he gets a day off.
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| Ginny before we left the house to see Daddy at work! |
Since Chris works so hard to provide for our little family, I do what I can to make his life easier and reward him for his hard work. Today, Ginny and I decided to bring Chris lunch. His office is about 30 minutes away in Lincoln, Illinois. I know that the people in his office love a local Chinese place (that does not deliver) so I offered to pick up lunch there for not only Chris and I, but also for the rest of the office.
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| Ginny & Daddy hanging out before we ate lunch. |
Ginny and I stopped at the Chinese place on the way to office and picked up the order. Only 3 other people put in orders today. Once we arrived a few of Chris's co-workers spent time admiring Ginny. Lunch was good. I could tell that Chris enjoyed having his "reward" today. He earned it.
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| Ginny learning the finer points of forecasting. |
After lunch, Ginny got to learn about Daddy's job and helped doing some forecasting. Maybe she will be a meteorologist someday. That would not be a bad thing.
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| Both of my meteorologists! :) |
