N*Sync

For the last twenty years, Julie has worked second shift as a nurse two or three nights a week. And of course, I had that whole wedding photography thing happening on Saturdays. This has meant that as a family we have never really been a nine-to-five, weekends-free kind of household.

That’s all changed now.

In the morning, Julie and I get up together. The girls and I leave the apartment at more-or-less the same time. Monday through Friday evenings, we reconvene at home for dinner together as a family. We spend our weekday evenings together doing homework, grading papers, and paying bills.

Weekends are free to do things together as a family.

We’ve finally managed to secure something more akin to the all-American household schedule.

And to think, all we had to do was move to Asia.

-Jack