I'm all fixed up- Last week I got my first haircut and highlights in 6 months (my last haircut was pre-babies!), eyebrows are freshly plucked, nails are freshly painted, wedding ring is sparkly clean. New clothes hang in my closet (since most old clothes don't fit) to get me through a few days at least. I do only have 4 lbs to go to pre-pregnancy weight (go me for losing 60+ lbs!) so it is entirely still possible for me to meet my goal of losing all the pregnancy weight by the first day of school. Unfortunately, post-baby my bod doesn't carry the weight at all like it used to.
Tomorrow is the first day I will be officially back at work. I did go in on my own (unpaid) time to set up my room, but tomorrow is different. Tomorrow I have to get up at 5 am because I have to be there at 7:30 am and I have to stay there until 3:40 pm.
Ugh.
I am trying to tell myself that today is NOT my last day at home with Sam and Anna to prevent waterworks- because I do get this Friday and next Monday/Tuesday home with them. I am also trying to tell myself that tomorrow is really NOT my "first" day back at work. They will be home with daddy this week, so I do not have to drop them off at daycare either.
We did do our first day at daycare as a trial run last Thursday. I went back home to get my school things after giving our daycare provider a 2 page typed sheet with information and verbally going over it with her for a half hour. Going home was a big mistake. All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and cry myself to sleep. It was a combo of daycare, the stupid decision to get bangs (which I haven't had since high school) at my haircut the night before and our dog taking a turn for the worse. (Benelli had stopped eating, but a switch to canned dog food has helped him start eating again since then.) I did pull myself together and go to work in my classroom. I only called the daycare once, because I had forgotten to tell her to shake their medicine before giving it to them. I even stayed and worked in my classroom for a full 8 hours before returning to get Sam and Anna. They both ate okay and napped okay while there, so I guess our first day was a success.
The next time Sam and Anna go to daycare is September 2nd. They will be going once a week for a few weeks until they start full time at the end of September. Daddy has some vacation days he's using to stay home to ease us all into the transition of school, work, and daycare. I think the way we've worked this out will be better for all us, especially myself!
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It's not easy...but "GO YOU!". Let yourself be sad...it's only natural.
Thinking of you!
You are seriously supermom!! Way to go on losing the 60+ lbs. That's amazing!!!
Oh do I hear ya! I'm going back next week. I was orignally going to wait until October 1st, but we have some incredible doctor bills and I had to take 3 weeks more FMLA than I thought (unpaid) for bedrest. Plus, I'm thinking in some ways it will be easier, since I won't have a long term sub starting off the year.
Soooo lucky you got to stay home with them for five months! And that dad is available for a month. That's wonderful!
Thanks for the tips on the dogs. Sorry to hear one of yours is having a rough go of it.
I spent about four hours at school yesterday, and about four hours one day last week when my inlaws were here. I'd say I'm about 85% ready. The long term sub, who is about 22 and just got her license/graduated packed my stuff. She just threw stuff in boxes! I have an insane amount of books, which I have all labeled with color coded dots by Guided Reading level, and they were just thrown in HUGE (read-heavy) boxes. Plus, they moved me into the trailer (ahem, learning cottage, lol!) I had this beautiful classroom next to the workroom. Sob. Cry. Oh, and I inherited mismatched desks. BUT... I'm excited to go back. I missed teaching. Of course, leaving my girls will be really hard. Even leaving for a few hours, I miss them. I think I've got a really good sitter though.
Go you, loosing 60 pounds! I've lost about 40, but I only gained 12. I ate, I promise! Anyway, I had to go buy a bunch of new clothes also. Oh, and I hear ya about things not being the way they were.
Be good to yourself these upcoming weeks.
Ooh, I want to see your bangs!!
I know it can't be easy going back to work and leaving the twins. The first few weeks will be the roughest but it will get better with time (or so I hear). I know how much you love teaching so I'm sure it helps to go back to a job you actually enjoy.
And, awesome about the 60 lbs! I'm super impressed!!
Good luck with the transition! I am sure it will be very difficult but you've met every challenge thus far head on and succeeded and I'm sure you'll do the same with this. Glad that Anna and Sam did well at daycare, that should help put your mind at ease.
And I only had 1 kiddo and still have about 10 lbs to lose :(
Hope going back to work is less painful than you expct. Soumds like you've organized the transition well.
wow - sounds like you're doing fantastic. You're so organized and ready to tackle being a working mom! I am still in the weeds here, as you know, but looking forward to the day that I can get my hair done and go back to work all organized and prepared. And great job on the weight loss!
Check you out - wieght lost, new hair, sparkly diamond - you totally rock! You've even tackled going back to work and first day at the daycare. You have got it together!!
i'm sure going back to work can't be easy, but it sounds like you have the perfect plan to ease into it. and they did great at the day care trial run!
p.s. go you for losing 60 lbs!!!
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