Yesterday was my first day back at work in 13 weeks. This is my 10th year as a teacher and this August I started the school year very big pregnant and worked until September 30th. The next week was spent preparing for Logan's arrival and making the most of the time we had left as a family of three. Then Logan was born on the morning of the 6th and I spent the next 12 weeks completely engaging in being Mommy to my girls. I took advantage of the time at home to stay in pajamas a lot of days, snuggle with Logan as much as possible, play with Riley, and hang out with Jason. I was able to go at our pace ~ whatever needed to be accomplished in a day, we could do it whenever we wanted to. We spent time having play dates with other friends of mine who stay at home with their children. I was able to go to Riley's school Christmas concert, something I wouldn't be able to do if I was back at work. My favorite time of day was when Riley would wake up and then Logan would wake up and we'd be at the table eating breakfast in our pajamas talking about the day. I was able to make biscuits, muffins, monkey bread, pancakes....basically take time to make the day start out right! Jason and I would be drinking our coffee and it just felt good, it felt perfect to be honest with you. I also loved being able to sing and rock both of my girls and tuck them in for naptime. I felt so proud of Riley watching her be a big sister. I felt so blessed to be able to enjoy such quality time with Logan and watch her change so rapidly as she learned to control her head and body movements and of course the days when she started to smile and coo ~ what could be better? Obviously, I absolutely loved being at home with my girls. I would give anything to be able to continue staying home and experience these special moments on a daily basis, but it just doesn't work out financially for me to do that. At least I have the weekends to look forward to!
I do love teaching and I do know that there are a LOT of people in today's economy who are in need of a job and can't get one so I know that I should be grateful and deep down I am. It's just hard to feel like I'm going back to work and missing out on everything I enjoyed so thoroughly at home. I've gone from spending the entire day with my girls and Jason to leaving the house before anyone is awake and coming home in time to spend 2-3 hours with the girls before bedtime.
I was blessed to get the time that I had at home and at least I get to go back to a great group of kids who missed me and who I can work for the way I would want Riley and Logan's teacher to work for them. Now the best part of the day is going into Kendall's house and hearing Riley's excitement that I'm there and watching Logan's gummy smile as she recognizes that I'm there!
No comments:
Post a Comment