1. Back to work
2. The zoot suit
3. The bunch of flowers
My three good things today dominated by just one. I went back to The Office. Got there on time, looked and sounded the part. Left, collected children, went home. Just got to do that another 235 times a year and this working mother bit will be sorted. Easy.
I was able to get into only two things this morning, and one of those was the car. The only thing that fitted was a bargain designer suit I bought last year when I was five months pregnant. So I was a bit more formally dressed than I’d intended, but when I arrived at The Office there were two charming and cheerful men in suits from HQ there asking a lot of questions about the day-to-day running of the department. I made my excuses and left when I felt a wet patch beginning to form on the right breast of my jacket.
The Man sent a large bouquet to The Office to welcome me back to work. Admittedly after a few subtle hints: ” Do you remember last time I went back you sent me a bunch of flowers at work and I really really really liked them?” They nearly made up for the nursery nurse telling me that Son 2 aged 6 months and 2 weeks had cried all the time he hadn’t been asleep. “It isn’t working, having a nanny one day and then having him here. He hasn’t got time to get used to us.” I’d like to see if things settle down over the next couple of weeks, I said. “Well if that’s what you want. It’s him I feel sorry for. I just don’t like seeing him distressed.” Have a good weekend, I said.
Tags: back to work, breastfeeding, childcare
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