major vent...beware!

What a yucky few days we've had here lately. The weather has been extremely crappy and so have Chris's work schedule. Most of that started yesterday. He left for work at his normal time and I didn't see him again until 10:30pm! This was not even a duty day mind you. And then on top of that he had to go in to work this morning and here it is almost 2 pm and I still haven't seen him, and oh wait there's more, he has duty tomorrow! Which means I won't see him until Monday evening sometime! Ack! I cannot wait until off crew. Even something somewhat resembling off crew would be wonderful.
We had plans for this lovely Saturday. But instead of it being Chris and me with the kids hanging out and having fun, it was just me and the kids. We went and did a little school shopping. That was a pain in the butt all on its own. Its really weird around here. School starts in less than 2 weeks and the stores hardly have any of their school supplies out. And what is out they aren't on sale at all. It's just strange. We have done school shopping 3 other years now. This will be the 4th year. Never have I seen a place that doesn't have their stuff out like months in advance. Only here.
We have a birthday party later. I bet I will be doing that on my own too. We were supposed to go to a BBQ last night, but that one got cancelled because of the work schedule. I know its not Chris's fault but I still need to vent anyway, and he isn't here. So now I feel a little better. I am going to try my best to make the best of the rest of the weekend.