While working at my "real" job as a physical therapist assistant, I became really frustrated. I do home health--it gives me the freedom to set my own schedule and to deliver cakes. I also get many "return patients", they have been on service over and over. They never progress. I instruct the family to continue with the exercises on the days I don't come and after they are discharged.
Do they do it??? No, they want me to come out and work miracles. I explain that it is a joint effort and they must do this as Medicare will not cover maintaining by a PTA.
So I sat and figured how many visits I make in a week and what I need to keep the bills paid. I can go to working 3 days and get the same number of visits in that I have been running the last couple of months.
Yay!!! I could do cakes on the 2 other days and not have to do as much at night--sometimes I almost have all-nigthers. So, I thought I would share this with my DH. My, was I wrong to think he would be happy and supportive.
He told me "Don't quit therapy JUST to do cakes. That would be cutting off your nose to spite your face." I told him, no way that I was quitting therapy but that I was getting really tired and starting to resent the therapists that refers patients to me--they never ask--they just assume I have time to see a new patient. Never mind that it may be 25 miles away.
I explained to him about number of visits and that it would not differ from the amount that I was currently bringing home.
His last words before dinner arrived were, "You are thinking that you are going to quit your job and just do cakes...I don't think so!" I thought he would be pleased because I was going to be renting a kitchen--less powder sugar around the house and be able to spend more time with him in the evening. And still make a bit of a profit. Sorry so long--just had to vent...He really hurt my feelings.
On a lighter note...It's a beautiful day (hot) and I just might go fishin' by myself. TTFN--Pam
I think it sounds like a good idea to compress your work week, you'd have lots more time to get your cakes done since you aren't spending as much time waiting to go to work and stuff.
I would think a husband would be happy to have more time with you even if it involved a slight pay cut.
For some reason men never seem to hear all the details in the stuff you say but you're supposed to just know all the details of what they want to do.
Have fun fishing.
Hi Mac,
Sorry that you are having trouble. Let him digest it for a day or two and then approach him again and see what happens. People react to change in different ways. He was probablly just thinking about bills and couldn't cope with your announcement.
Men can be a big pain in the a** at times 
. Got rid of my pain in the a** 22 years ago 
Hope you catch a big fishy 
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