{"id":5905,"date":"2012-02-11T12:18:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2012-02-11T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T18:18:20","slug":"working-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/work\/working-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Working motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished my first full week back on the clock. My boss mercifully is letting me work from home this month, and my workload all week was pretty light so I could get adjusted to being back. And so I could work out the technological kinks involved with a remote login (and there were plenty of technological kinks, but mostly in the form of my router dying midweek and then my new one coming with a crappy LAN cable that made setting it up particularly frustrating). I worked in the dining room the first two days, the nursery the third day, and the office the fourth and fifth days, since working in the nursery wasn’t exactly an option, given that I have a child who goes to bed during my shift. Working in an office sounds nice in theory, but in reality I was only technically inside the door of the office, which is as far as I could get the cable to stretch. It put me a foot from the litter box, which reminded me of the last time I had a major internet meltdown<\/a> and had to temporarily make do with a rigged connection. Why do I always end up with a temporary setup so near the litter box? This question perplexes me. <\/p>\n

Anyway, blah blah blah. I am caffeinated. <\/p>\n

Holden has been a champ this week and gone to sleep right on time for his daddy, who has kept our routine intact (with just a few minor changes, some of which involve him reading different books \u2014 and doing voices! \u2014 at bedtime). Sometimes Holden’s so tired he falls asleep mid-bottle. <\/p>\n

It has not been easy, emotionally, for me to pry myself from him for even a few hours in the evening. I sneak away from my desk whenever I get a chance to so I can snuggle him or nurse him, if I have time and he’s hungry. But his daddy is in charge of the nighttime routine now, and goodness, I did not realize how much I would miss giving my baby a bath and putting him to bed. I ache when I think about how in just a few weeks, I won’t even be in the same house to hear him cooing or splashing around in the tub. I will be miles away, banging out pages on a computer in a cubicle. Boo hoo.<\/p>\n

I’m so fortunate to still have a job, and I am grateful for the flexibility my bosses have shown during this transition. No question about that. I’m just having a hard time with the separation. We have mornings together, and he wakes up smiling and hungry and so very sweet. But letting go of evenings is hard. I guess it will make my weekends at home that much more precious. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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