Only Time Will Tell
It’s been less than three months since I went back to a full-time office job. Admittedly, it seems longer. While I enjoy the work and the people I work with, the day in and day out work routine does get a bit tiresome…as does the fact that 10 hours of my day are already spoken for.
Except weekends. Boy do I love the weekends.
Back to the topic of work, this morning something came up so that I ended up arriving at work a little late. Thankfully, my boss doesn’t come down hard on me and it was an amount of time I easily made up during my lunch break. But what this issue brought up for me was how much I have had to change with regard to my daily routine, especially when it comes to being available for my kids. Going back to work for someone else is difficult, sure, because it is a change in what I do and where I work during the day. But what is very difficult is not having the last say when it comes to when and where I need to be. I either have to get permission or, like this morning, apologize for having to readjust my daily work schedule at the last minute.
I think some people may have wondered how I did it all…the secret is that I had control of my daily schedule, not someone else. I am great at multi-tasking but I do wonder if I could have been as involved with the boys and all their activities if I had also been working full time for someone else.
I am a full-time working mother and I am attempting to give birth to another child…well, not literally, but I think of my book as my baby. I am giving birth to a new life. If I had to say how far along I was, I’m full-term. I’m soclose but frustratingly, the contractions I feel are only Braxton Hicks contractions. I’m very ready to finally hold my baby in my hands and I know the time is coming soon but some days it is not soon enough.
While I would never wish to use children as guinea pigs where this type of quandary is concerned, when it comes to my books, it will be interesting to see how well brought up my first “child” will be compared to my second.