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Back to Work and What Surprised Me
Yesterday was my first official day back to my full time job. I missed Wolf so much and thought about him constantly during the day. But it wasn’t as sad as I thought it might be to leave him. Perhaps it’s because Dad is home with him for the time being or perhaps my little jaunt to Philly last month broke me in.
I had a great day though. I wore a new dress, put on some pretty lip gloss and even wore dangling earrings! The day was busy so it went by super fast. Plus, my boys visited me at lunch so that made me happy! For the most part, it was everything that I thought it would turn out like. But there was one thing I didn’t expect.
I was POOPED!!! And I didn’t realize how tired I was until I was sitting in a presentation with the lights off and I started to nod off. It took every little ounce of energy in my body to stay awake!! I even considered walking out of the meeting at one point to slap some cold water on my face. What made matters worse was the president of the company was sitting right behind me. I had to be pretty strategic with my yawns and head bobbles so he wouldn’t notice. By the time the presentation was over, I was so happy to go back to my desk. I managed to stick it out for the rest of the day but whew! I had no idea how worn out I’d feel. I was so happy to get home to snuggle with Wolf.
How was your first day back after maternity leave?
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Bye! Plus, A Little Game! | Babys First Year Blog commented on Sep 30 11 at 1:20 pmlindsay commented on Sep 07 11 at 4:40 pmHi Alison- I was wondering how it went for you! I have been a follower of your blogs for a while (pre-preg) and your due date was a few weeks before mine. I go back to work Monday & I am expecting to be pretty tired too. I am going to miss my daughter so much, but part of me is also looking forward to blow-drying my hair & putting on makeup and a new dress.
Kathie commented on Sep 07 11 at 5:27 pmYesterday was my first day back too (but after baby number 2)! I was also POOPED. But the day went so fast, and it helped that I already knew how awesome our daycare mom is so little one was going to be fine. I totally didn’t remember just how early bedtime came after coming home from work though…we get about 90 minutes of evening awake time with the baby before retreating to her room for bedtime!
Jennifer commented on Sep 07 11 at 8:15 pmThe same, but without the lip gloss, earrings, and new dress. Pretty much just the pooped part! Hope tomorrow goes jet as smoothly.
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