Monday, March 2nd was my first day back to work after 12 weeks on maternity leave. I have to admit, I dreaded going back to work and being away from my baby. And guess what...I survived it and now I'm living a new life. Keep reading to see what I mean...
Monday 3/2
4:30am woke up, nursed Nathan
5am got Nathan back to sleep, jumped in the shower
6:30am Nathan woke up, nursed, then watched Baby Einstein "Moves" DVD
7am Drove Nathan to my mom's for the day7:30am Got to work, caught up with some co-workers, and got to work with LOTS to do!
I'll spare the daily details, but I pumped twice on Monday, thought of Nathan a lot, called my mom to find out he was doing marvelous.
Tuesday 3/3
Same early morning routine.
7:30am Aunt Debbie came to watch Nathan
11am Daddy woke up to play with Nathan while Aunt Debbie ran her errands
2:20pm Daddy went to work
4:30pm Mommy rushed home to see her baby.
Poor baby didn't want to nap for Aunt Debbie. She walked the house bouncing away just to keep Nathan satisfied. Bless her heart, she did everything she could for dear-teething-Nathan-boy. As soon as I got Nathan in my arms, and Debbie drove out of the driveway, dear-teething-Nathan-boy crashed. Out like a light! I laid him in bed and he slept from 4:50pm to 9pm! (I got a lot of misc stuff done in that time.)
Wednesday 3/4 (Gma Sheila's 60th birthday!)
Same early morning routine.7:15am Dropped Nathan off at Gma & Gpa Schwandt's house. It's so hard to leave my baby!
Mommy worked hard all day. Thought of Nathan, called Gma Schwandt to find out he was playing and having a good ol' time. Daddy had come over when he got up.
4:30pm Rushed to see my baby. Gma & Gpa Schwandt had a good fun day with their grandson!
That night Nathan didn't want to go to sleep very well, so we were up playing, bathed, nursed, rocked, and finally bed.
Thursday 3/5
Same early morning routine.
7:15am Dropped Nathan off at KinderCare
Mommy worked hard all day. Thought of Nathan, called KinderCare and he was doing good, having fun playing and watching the other kids. Daddy went to KinderCare before work. He tried to feed Nathan a bottle, but Nathan just smiled and talked to Daddy the whole time :)
4:30pm Rushed to see my baby.
We enjoyed a quiet evening together, playing with toys, chatting up a storm, nursing and rocking to sleep. We got good sleep this night!
Friday 3/6 (a.k.a. dooms-day-and-didn't-know-it)
Same early morning routine.
7:1am Gma & Gpa Schwandt came to watch Nathan.
Mommy worked hard all MORNING. Ordered Pagoni's pizza with her co-workers, and was really looking forward to eating it.
11:30am Went up to the front lobby to pay the pizza guy, but ended up losing my job!
Yes, that's what I said... I lost my job through "workforce reduction". My job was eliminated in order to save the company money through these hard economic times. I went up to pay and get our pizza's, and at the same time, our department manager was on his way to come give me the tap-tap, but I literally ran into him. He looked like a deer in headlights. He had to read a formalility to me, couldn't hardly look me in the eyes, and kindly went to get my important things to walk me out. The first thing out of my mouth was my BREAST PUMP, then my purse, coat, Nathan's picture I had just brought for my desk, and I asked about my pizza. He reimbursed me for the pizza I had paid for, out of his own pocket. Later, they did let my co-worker stop at my house after work with my desk belongings, including 'roxanne's grocery store' hehee:) and with that she brought my pizza! YEAH YUM!
I'm a little emotional., but I don't have hard feelings about it. I think I would if I didn't have Nathan, but since I have him, I'm looking at the positive side of things and thanking God for the blessing of being able to be with my son again. Of course it will be hard, financially, once the severance pay is exhausted, but I also put in my claim for unemployement. I will start looking for another job, but there aren't many out there. And instead of doing the same thing I have for the past 8 years, I'm going to look out in the finance field, or for some office job at the hospital. I figure, the banks and credit unions aren't going away, and people still need the hospital, so those are good places to work.
And finally, I will leave you with a picture of Nathan!
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