Monday was my first day back at work, since being off since the end of May, spending pretty much every day this summer with my girls, welcoming Adalyn to our family, and being home with her for the past 10 weeks. To say that I was not ready may be the understatement of the century.
I'm so thankful that we have been able to ease back into a routine, but September 16th still snuck up on me.
The above picture was taken on the 15th; her hair just cracked me up......
The morning of the 16th, I woke up a little after 5 am. Addy and I were up at 4, and I had gone to bed with a splitting headache and woke up with it as well.
Thankfully, DJ was home and he was able to help me get everyone out the door, and on the bright side, I got to see him in the morning.... well, maybe he got to see me, since I'm usually still asleep when he goes to work.
We left the house just a little before 7, and I was doing well, right until I walked in the doors at ILCAP. I've walked in those doors for the past two years, dropping off Gretchen, then Megan, and now Adalyn. I think Monday was the hardest though.
I had told myself that it wouldn't be hard to leave Adalyn. After all, she was my third and I had been through this twice before, and it's only for 2 1/2 days a week, but for some reason, I opened those doors, walked down the hall, and tears started flowing. I hadn't even dropped Megan off in her class!
I quickly said good-bye to Meggie, since I had tears in my eyes, and I wanted to be on time for my first day of work, and I still needed to take Addy to her room and explain everything to her teachers.
I am so, so thankful that Addy's teacher was Gretchen's 3 year old teacher. I know that Addy is in good hands. She asked me if I was okay, and I could just shake my head no. I tried to hold it together, explain everything I needed to make them aware of, and I snapped a few pictures with my phone before it was time to leave.
I cried a bit more walking away, and then I saw Meggie and her teacher in the hallway. I think God placed them in that hall for me to see Megan and remind myself that my girls were okay and that I would be okay.
When I got outside, I said a prayer to God that he could distract me in someway, and within 5 seconds, my neighbor sent me a text telling me to have a good first day back.
I'm so thankful that God placed me on my neighbor's mind at that exact moment.
I managed to make it to work just a few minutes late, and my eye make up hadn't smeared too bad!
The first day back is always full of going through files, making schedules, finding your way around.... a typical day.
When 2:00 rolled around, I started counting down the minutes until I could leave at 3! I think I pulled right out of the parking lot at 2:59!
I was so excited to pick up the girls!
I made cheese quesadillas for dinner, and I had to tell y'all about these chips:
OMG... they are delicious! I think I could eat the entire bag!
DJ came home at 5:45, and I was shocked! On a typical football night, early for him is 7:30. The girls and I were so excited to see him! Addy was taking a nap, and my first thought was that I could sneak upstairs and sew for an entire hour before I needed to get the girls in the bed!
He took Gretchen and Megan to pick out a movie and we decided to have family movie night! We watched the new (or old) Oz movie, and it was so good!
The girls stayed up until 9, but I didn't mind since DJ was home with us!
I had Tuesday off, and I was so thankful to have the day with Adalyn!
We dropped off the big girls at their schools and went to Bible study. She did so good in the sling and slept the whole time. Afterwards, we ran some errands, and then headed home so she could sleep in her own bed and I could applique'!
I've had my mom's machine since Saturday, but I needed to pick up a few materials and I could not wait to get my hands on it!
Tomorrow on the blog, I'll have a few announcements and a few more new HPA products! I still just feel so blessed at the amount of love i'm receiving right now from my customers. Y'all are the best, and i'm just praying that God can send my business in the direction where He wants it to go!
Y'all have a blessed day!
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