My First Week back to Work

It's been my first week back to work and it's been very hard to hear that Caleb is crying all day long becuase he doesn't want to take a bottle. So then I sit at work and try hard to not think that I'm a bad mother for not being able to stay at home with him all day long.

He's staying with Tonya who has a baby that is 2 months younger than Caleb. I just called her to check up on him and he's getting progressively better with each day at her house. He's not fussing and crying all day and has (reluctantly) started taking the bottle.

The worrying about how Caleb is adjusting to childcare has taken over my head so that there are many times during the day that I forget that I'm at a new job and that I'm actually out of public accounting. I'm so glad to not be doing time sheets and to have regular 8 hour days. I'm still in the habit of checking the time after each task and then I remind myself that I no longer need to track my time!

I still haven't gotten around to telling everybody that I've left yet. Hopefully, people will check my blog and just know. I have to admit that the commute causes me to grumble a little bit, but then I look at the time and notice that it's before 5pm. So what if I have to drive a little longer if I only have to be at work for 8 hours a day?? Plus, they have a subsidized cafeteria here.....so I pay $0.26 for a large salad during lunch, and if I want to splurge, I can get a hot meal and a large drink for $0.95. The foods ok. It's better than me having to pack a lunch every day. The most expensive thing I pay for is $1.50 for a cheese omelete in the mornings. I'm totally getting spoiled.

In the meantime, I've been trying to re-create the smiling picture that I took of Caleb below to no avail. I've taken a dozen pictures and all I get is the face right afterward with a little drool coming out the side of his mouth.