Going back to work after my 3 month maternity leave was not an easy task. It was an emotional roller coaster.
The Friday before I went back, I spent most of the morning on the sofa cradling my baby and crying into my coffee. I was not ready to be separated from her (and don't even get me started on the whole breast feeding issue that complicates the matter even more). I had a hard time fitting into
my old work wardrobe, and still do. Stupid things made me cry. (Like the woman in the hallway the other day telling her attorney she doesn't want to go to court because she just doesn't feel good.) There are days when all I want to do is snuggle my kids and be a stay at home mom. And then there are days that my 2 year old tests me so much that I can't wait to get back to the office.
My first day back was ok. I managed to leave the baby at daycare without bursting into tears (although writing about it now is making me tear up). Then on my way from daycare to the office I spilled coffee all over my pretty new first-day-back green silk blouse. Whomp, whomp, whomp. Morning fail. Oh well, I sucked it up and rocked my coffee stained blouse all day.
