Definitely worth it...

I finally found the motivation to clean our wreckage of an office... will post about this tremendous accomplishment next! I was carrying Amy in my sling (the greatest baby invention ever!). Not only is carrying Amy in my sling extremely convenient, but I've also figured out how to feed her while holding her in this contraption. So, while simultaneously cleaning my office and feeding Amy, I looked down at her and got a little teary-eyed. (Now, I completely understand that the idea of breastfeeding a baby that is attached to me with a ring of fabric while doing household chores is probably only a beautiful thing to mothers and those with the mothering gene.....So, I apologize if I freaked you out!) Anyway - Bob was in the living room watching football with Addy sleeping on his lap, and I was looking down at Amy and her cute little eyes...and thought, "I/We can totally handle the difficult times that, potentially, may be approaching.



I am not going back to school this year. It is a great thing to have an entire school year-long maternity leave for all of the obvious reasons. And I'm pretty sure the entire universe knows how not-so-well I handled going back to work after Addy was born. What is not so great is only having one salary. A responsible grown-up would have prepared for this by *pretending* to only have one salary for a few months. Well, welcome to the world of Jamie and Bob who did not do that! Bob is always cool, calm, and collected about all things having to do with life. Jamie has anxiety about all things having to do with life. So sometimes I panic a little when I think about how we will handle, you know, paying for things throughout the next few months. Today, however, I realized that I actually don't care all that much. Of course I will be right back in that joy of a classroom in less than one second if it really became impossible.....but looking at her today and thinking about everything I will be able to do with them this year.....I realized that I've never been so grateful to be minus one salary!