You know....work isn't SO bad.

Well, after all the drama of getting child care lined up, the actual return to work this week hasn't been SO bad. I forgot that I actually like my job and co-workers. Of course, the hardest part is the guilt of leaving the girls at day care and how BUSY our evenings are. Once I get home, we: play with and feed the babies, walk Dunkin, eat dinner, wash dirty bottles, prep new bottles for the next day, make lunch, iron our clothes, set out outfits for the girls, feed and get babies to sleep, then CRASH into bed!!

The girls have been doing half days this week at day care, and my mom says that they are always very happy when she picks them up and their teacher, Miss Jackie, is awesome. That makes me feel good.

Also, Ron and I had a long talk Monday. We decided to give it a shot for me to stay at an 80% work / pay schedule and still pay for full-time day care. It's funny, I tend to think of issues as so black and white, that I forget to realize there can be shades of gray in solutions. If things get too tight after a little while, or we end up having to rely too heavily on savings, then I'll go back full-time. No biggie. And the flexibility of having day care 5 days a week is great. My boss asked if I could work Friday instead of Thursday this week and it's no problem. I could also drop them off for a couple hours on my day off if I need to get some things done. I can't believe it took us so long to think of this...it will be so tight for us, but I'm really eager to give it a shot.

I will post more pics this afternoon!