The end of an era

Today is DMP's last day at his moderation job. He's been working as a discussion group moderator for just 1 month shy of 7 (!) years! It has been a great "student" job and has made it so he has been able to stay home with the girls all that time. It's been a great (if boring at times) job and a great blessing to us.

DMP has worked swing shift since I met him (with the exception of 6 months or so when we first moved to AZ). Hopefully tonight marks the very last time in our lives he'll have to work in an evening! Other things we won't miss about this job:

• never going to bed at the same time- DMP's shift has ended at 11:30 or 12:30 forever.
• "checking messages" during dinner, home teacher visits, TV shows (like Lost) and etc.- to be fair, at least he was at home to do all those things instead of somewhere else!
• Never being able to do anything as a family (or a couple) on a weeknight. Just think- we could go to dinner, the grocery store, or a ward party on a weeknight now!

So we are excited to start this new phase in our "real" life. It would have been better to hang on to his job until I was done with Maternity leave, but his late-night and early AM classes mean that the time is now.