Back to work

Today is my first day back at work. Leaving this morning was pretty much as crummy as I thought it would be. For one thing, I feel horribly guilty - not about Pauline, who is in the best of hands, but about leaving Tim at home! He is an incredible father, but this is going to be rough on him, I think. And for another... it's now been several hours since the last time I heard Pauline, or saw her beautiful smile. I brought my digital camera to work just so I have the newest pictures (which I'll try to upload tonight, sorry about that) to look at when I'm missing my little one. It's good to get a fix, except then I start to cry, which kind of defeats the purpose.

Just 5 weeks of this, though, and it's time that will be so broken up by everything we have to do to move back to the US that I doubt very much I'll have a lot of "normal" work days in this time. I have a few projects to wrap up, but nothing too major. It's a good thing, given how distracted (and exhausted) I am these days...

We are doing more planning and looking forward more and more to our trip this summer. We cannot wait to spend some family time in Cleveland and Omaha, to introduce Pauline to her aunts and uncles and cousins and friends, and show her grandparents how much she's changed since they met her. It's pretty incredible!

OK, back to work with me. Just 4 hours to go until Tim and Pauline come in for our appointment at the health unit - Miss P is due for her first vaccinations. Yikes!!!!