Tomorrow is the last day of my maternity leave. I can't believe that it is over already. Monday I jump right back into work with a business trip to Seattle. I get back from Seattle late Tuesday, and I've got a fridge full of breastmilk to get Carter through the two days. It will be my first overnight away from Carter, but also possibly my first chance to sleep a full eight hours in a very long time! My dad is coming to NYC to stay with Carter while I am away, which will make me feel much more comfortable than if he had his first daycare experience while I am away. He will start daycare on Wednesday when I am back.
I'm feeling excited to get back to work but also quite sad that I won't be spending nearly as much time with Carter. I have arranged to go back to work part-time to ease the transition, so that should help. I'm going back four days a week, so Carter and I will still have one day to ourselves to go to our mom's meetings, or to our yoga class, or to do other fun mommy-baby things. I'm planning to take Wednesdays as my day "off" so that most weeks I will only have two days at work at a time. I'll keep you posted on how it is going - especially those of you who have specifically asked me to be your working-mom guinea pig!
