maternity leave over- back to work :(

dejavu · August 2009

i really hate thinking about this b/c it makes me so sad, but today is the last day of my maternity leave. ?it has been amazing not working these past 5 months and spending all my time w/DS, but it couldn't last forever. ?wish it could, but then we couldn't pay the bills. ?

so i start back next week, only going part time. ?mostly for me to ease into this. ?my boss will continue to let me work pt for a while, so that is nice. ?i've just been avoiding thinking about any of it b/c all i want to do is cry. ?i know he'll be totally fine there. ?it's a family daycare and she is so wonderful every time we've gone to visit, it's me that is going to have the problem ?(i work 8 hours and have an hour commute each way, that leaves me no time to see DS).

i probably won't be around as much on the nest during the day either. ?i can cope better with that than not seeing my son.

sigh.......... ??

bmf8140 · August 2009

That is so nice of your boss to let you start out part time at first. It'll help you get back into the routine.

I know how bad it sucks to go back!

HeatherandRay · August 2009

5 months! I am so jealous. I only get 6 weeks (plus I am taking another 2 weeks vacation for a total of 8 weeks). I have no idea how I am going to handle going back.