Here's To New Beginnings

I feel like I'm starting a whole new chapter in my life, and it is bittersweet.

My last day at Mother's Day Out was Thursday and I'm so sad to leave.  I've been very lucky that I have been sad to leave many of the jobs that I've had.  Even though I was sick of teaching when I left North Little Rock in 2008, I was still sad to go. (And really I wasn't sick of teaching so much as I was sick of naughty kids, LOL.)  I was sad to leave the Even Start program before that.

But this is a different kind of sad.  The women that worked with me at MDO are seriously one in a million.  They weren't just my co-workers, they really became my friends.  It was such a family friendly place to work and, as any working mother knows, that makes a huge difference in your attitude.

It is also bittersweet b/c I'll be leaving 2/3 of my children for the first time.  Little Fin, well, he probably won't really know the difference.  He sleeps so much of the afternoon that he'll probably only be awake half the time that he's with the sitter (who is my awesome friend, Kibbin).

But Jack, that is where the bulk of my anxiety lies.  Jack knows Kibbin.  He's been to her house many times for play dates.  But he is not a fan of being left unless it is with three people: my grandmother, Jake's mother, and his daddy (who is probably Jack's favorite person in the world).

I know he'll be fine.  He'll cry for 5 minutes and then go play with Cole and Ty, Kibbin's kids.  I'm sure he'll have a blast.  But I sure hate to rock his little world like this.  It makes me feel bad.

On Friday, I went and turned all my new hire paper work in.  The woman who took it, Deeta, was so very nice.  She gave me all my keys and took me on a tour of the library.  You know, all the stuff that patrons aren't privy to.  The facility is so nice.  I mean, I knew that as someone who uses the library, but once you get back into it it is even more impressive.

I got to go into my office and poke around.  I have an attached storage room that is going to be perfect for pumping.  No one even batted an eye when I said I'd need to, which is great.

Everyone I met was super nice and they all expressed excitement in getting to work with me.  I'm excited too!  I just hope I can live up to their expectations.

Today is my first day.  Wish me luck!