Today was Berta’s first day back to work since Riley was born, and everything so far seems to be going smoothly.
The contentious bit was whether our morning routine would go off without a problem. We have to get up, shower and dress, get Abby up and dressed, and get out the door with all of our required equipment. We have to cart Abby to school in the morning, which adds about 20-40 minutes to our travel time to work, and someone has to wait for Nana to arrive so that we don’t leave Riley alone at home.
This morning, Berta got up at 6 and headed off to the shower. Riley decided that would be a good time to wake up and scream a lot. Fortunately, I was there to give him his bottle. After that was done, Berta was done in the shower and I took my turn while she woke up Abby. When I got out of the bathroom, she and Abby were in the kitchen messing with breakfast, which was somewhat ahead of schedule.
Berta and Abby were on their way to school and then work with a decent head start. I made some toast and then Riley started crying again (he was asleep since his bottle), and I had just sat him in his swing and taken my first bite of cold toast when Nana arrived.
I had to ditch the pants I was wearing because the seam split while trying to buckle his swing. They were oddly cut and I streched them the wrong way. Oh, well. I didn’t like that pair anyway.
In any case, even with some of the delays, I think this plan is workable. Now we’ll have to see about the days that I take Abby to school, since we’re going to alternate. But tomorrow is a day off for Abby, so I have off work to watch her. She doesn’t start full-time until February.
