Good morning Loves!
Pardon the silence on here. I’ve been trying
to figure out my new routine since going back to work. Still in trial and error
phase to some extent in figuring out what works and what doesn’t as far as how
to better distribute and manage my time between wifely duties, mommy duties,
work duties business duties, and all other stuff.
One thing I have grateful for is having the opportunity to
transition slowly from one phase to the other, so it is not a complete 360 at
once.
When I returned to work, I was able to work from home for a
bit. Then, I transition back to the office, thankfully my MIL came in to help
so I don’t have to juggle getting two kids up and ready to daycare each
morning. Very grateful for that help. I guess the last phase is going to be my
true reality when grandma leaves, which is coming up soon. Transitioning into
having to get two kids out of the house in the morning, but we’ll cross that
bridge when we get there.
What this stages of transition have allowed me to do if
figure what works instead of been thrown into it all at once, so hopefully by
the time the true reality rolls in, I have good idea of what works and what
doesn’t.
Some things that I’ve picked up or started doing to make
life easier includes, picking out the kids and my outfit for the entire week
during the weekend. That’s so I don’t have to deal with that every night after
a long day or in some cases, in a rush in the morning when I’m really pressed
for time and it’s just one less thing to do at night.
Another thing is
packing our lunch for the entire week during the weekend. Does that mean more
time doing food prep and cooking during the weekend, yes, but it saves me a lot
of headache driving home thinking what’s for dinner or lunch and saves time, not having
to do it every night. With those two nightly tasks gone, I have more time to
relax and spend with the kids after a long work day.
So, I finally enrolled Eliana in a gymnastic class which
she loves, I recently discovered the day and time wasn’t working, it was at
5:30pm on Wednesdays so that meant rushing out of work to pick her up and in
most cases getting to class late.
I also joined a mom’s group called MOPS (Moms of
Pre-schooler) at my church that I attend every other Thursday so that means
every two weeks we are getting home really late two days in a roll.
That leaves both of us exhausted. Imagine if Emmanuel had
to endure this as well. So I figured the Wednesday class wasn’t working. To
change day and time for gymnastic meant we had to change center which was for
the best anyways, so now we are enrolled in a Monday 6:00pm class at a
different location. It is still a hard commitment managing this especially
when Emmanuel comes into the picture but at least the long days are spaced
out.
Really love and appreciate that I get the time to
figure things out as the true reality slowly sets in soon.
Have a great day!
God be your strength. i have a newborn and thinking about how to juggle when he starts daycare and i have to go back to work and other activities that i do. i try not to think about it yet cause im sure it be exhausting
ReplyDeleteThanks dear!
DeleteCongratulations!!! Savor the days of the newborn, the go by fast.
My dear, don't think too far ahead, it makes the whole process more daunting. Makes necessary plans and take it one day at time. In time everything will fall into place.
My love to the little one!