After that we went to Target, then to a local coffee shop near Shawn's work to kill an hour until it was time for his lunch break. We visited him on lunch and then went home where B and I did some yoga and meditation for over 2 hours... OK, she napped for a large part of that, but she still took part.
Shawn came home after work and we had Mexican food for dinner, then we all meditated in bed until we drifted off to sleep. I woke up this morning and B was still sleeping so I took a shower, did a yoga flow and meditation, and went back to sleep. I woke up after having some CRAZY dreams, talked to Shawn on his morning break, called my mom and then got dressed. B started to stretch and stir so I changed her and she woke up fully, all smiley and full of little baby noises. We picked out her outfit for the day and then we were both ready. She swung in her bunny swing a bit while I finished my makeup and here we are: she's passed out in her boppy and I'm writing about losing the feeling of forgetting something.
I forgot that yesterday would have been my first day back to work after Maternity Leave.
There is no way in hell B would have been ready for that. She is still attached to my boobs every couple of hours and she won't even take a pacifier let alone a bottle. She eats even more often when she has a growth spurt (which she is due for in another week AGAIN), so I just don't know how that would have worked everyday for her.
So far I do not miss work. I'm plenty busy at home with Bernice and I even got a couple of daycare kids starting after this week is over, so I guess I have a job actually. I'm also trying to do something everyday that will make money whether it's posting ads to craigslist about personal chef services, sewing monkeys/crochet stuff, or updating my HiLLjO sites. Little trickles of money find their ways to me and it's making a difference for me. So it's official: I'm a work-at-home mom.
It's all working out. It always does.
Glad to hear you are happy and things are working out for you! Sounds like your days are so full you won't miss work at all!
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely working super hard, as hard as anyone who works outside the home does, if not harder, and it drives me nuts when people say that moms don't have a "job." They have the most important job in the world -- raising our future generation! How exciting that you've got a couple daycare kids starting and are finding other ways to make some money. It's been challenging for me to find a steady income while working from home, and things still aren't going 100 percent the way I want, but like you, I try to keep the perspective that things always work out and that I'm lucky to be living life my way, the way I want. If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know! I would definitely love to buy some artwork or crochet animals of Molly and Twix.
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