When things fit...

Today WeeC rocked a day in daycare. Yes, she cried. Yes, she blew off some naptime. It was her first day; this is the normal way of these things. But when I picked her up, I peeked around the corner and she was happily crawling and seeking out blocks, playing and exploring. I entered the room and got down on the floor and waited for her to see me. When she did, she lit up and crawled over into my lap and immediately fussed with the necklace and earrings I had on. So far, she hasn't made me pay dearly for leaving her. She's been giddy happy and then went down to sleep right on time.

I was afraid to hope that it would go so well.

....

Suddenly I am a working mom. I've spent three years becoming really good (sometimes) at being a stay-at-home mom. I've embraced and rejected aspects of it, wondered what it was doing to my career, wondered how I would get back to work, wondered if I even wanted to work... yada yada... I've dabbled in job searches and had several interviews, but I was not looking when this offer came.

Like WeeC, I'd stopped my crying and my fussing and I'd settled into enjoying my place. 

Then I got an email offering me my old job back. Some things will change, but as a colleague remarked today, "It's like 2005 around here all of a sudden." Indeed. It feels like I just took a 3.5 year long maternity leave.

I didn't expect it would fall together like this.

Comments

[ush]

I've never understood why it's called maternity LEAVE...for goodness sake, did you get to go anywhere? Good luck at your second job; you can now tell people that you work for VA tech AND you are a personal family coordinator. Imagine what it would be like if you got paid for all of the hours you really worked! Congrats!

[Dale]

Not that you had a specific "plan" per se, but in the words of Hannibal Smith, "I love it when a plan comes together." - Glad this all worked out for you in its own way and time. Glad the daycare ended up smoothly and I hope the job is a great fit for you and your family!