Back to work...
I never felt like I had a proper stretch of time off work with Junior's arrival. Work is hectic at the moment, there's a series of major projects on the go with a common, and very visible, deadline. And time will not slip just for the birth of one child, so I've been dialling in to work from home. The first day after the family came home I was in the office, with the rest of the week spent dialled-in part time. Needless to say the strains have been quite intense.
We've had an extraordinary amount from help from my mum in the first week that Junior was at home, which has given me the time to split myself between looking after the family and keeping a hand in at the office.
MOTS is getting more mobile after the section, but still needs help, and more to the point restraint. So her mum's coming up this week to keep her from lifting the things she shouldn't (anything heavier than Junior is off limits) while I'm at work. She's taken on so much more after the first couple of days home when junior was almost my exclusive domain, bar feeding. It does seem almost the opposite way around now, but with her trying to get back on her feet after major abdominal surgery I should be at home looking after the family rather than at work.
To be straight back at work after the arrival home was tough, eased slightly by getting remote access for the rest of the week. But going back full time after what's effectively been only a week off after the complications we had is hard - both physically and emotionally. Under normal circumstances I would have had 2 weeks paternity and taken 2 weeks holiday, but given my work situation that was never going to be possible.
I'll be glad when these projects are finished so I can get back to being an "in-between contracts" guy again.
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I was pleased to do it as it gave me time to spend with Iain. Being so far away from him is hard but thanks to your web site I can keep up with the progress. Hope to see you soon.
Posted by: Doris | September 4, 2006 9:08 PM