First Day of School

We survived.

Monday was my first day back at work and Landon’s first day of school. Honestly, it went much better than I thought it would.

I was ready a few minutes early and thought I’d spend some extra snuggle time with L.J. However, I started to get really upset so I decided it would be best to leave a little early instead so we’d have plenty of time to get settled at school. With the exception of the few morning tears, I made it through the day tear-free. Big accomplishment!

I’ll admit…it was nice to get all the attention at work on Monday. I received many genuine, “We’re so glad you’re back!” comments and it was nice to catch up with my coworkers. I am fortunate that I like my job and I like the people I work with.

To ease the transition, I took a little photo album with me that included some of my favorite L.J. pictures. It was comforting to me throughout the day and I enjoyed showing him off when people asked if I had pictures.

I have a new manager at work, who started 2 weeks before I came back. She introduced herself to me and then said, “We’ll slowly ease you back into things this week.” For some reason I found that comment highly amusing – I thought to myself, “You’ve been here 2 weeks. I’ve been here 5 years. I’m perfectly capable of ‘easing myself back in.”’ She seems nice, though, and hopefully she’ll be a good leader for our team. I think she has a good personality to help manage some of the interdepartmental conflicts that sometimes arise.

The day went by quicker than I thought, though each hour that passed I mentally calculated x hours down, x more to go. I think that because work is a familiar place for me, I was able to mentally able to focus on “being at work” (despite the fact I did nothing all day) instead of constantly thinking, “I’m not with L.J. right now.” Not sure if that makes sense or not.

Hands down the dumbest question of the day was the one I heard most frequently: “Are you excited to be back?!” Ummm…I’m a first time mom who just left her infant in daycare for the first time…what the hell do you think?? My standard, more PC response was, “The first few days will be a bit of an adjustment!”

L.J. did pretty well for his first day. His teachers said that he was not fussy, so that was great to hear. (He’s never really fussy, but I wasn’t sure how his transition would go.) He slept in his crib, though not for very long periods. He was definitely glad to see me at the end of the day, which made me one happy mommy! That night he was a disaster, to put it bluntly. He was overtired, out of sorts and grumpy as all get out. I’m sure the first few weeks will be a transition period for him as he gets used to his new routine.

I’ll post an update this weekend with an update on how the first week went…hopefully it will keep going well for both of us.