OK- I'm sold. I've been used to a very tight routine for most of my life and I've missed it! Maddy goes down for her first nap at 7:00 am, and usually I will come back out to the family room and do some job/project searching, perusing all of the freelance sites until I can start working at 8:00. Now, as soon as she goes down, I get in the shower and get dressed, take out the dogs, and clean up any messes. I'm done by 8:00 and can start working, checking the freelance sites while I'm making my calls. I feel a thousand times more human. This is now permanent. Nothing is lost, and so much is gained. This probably seems painfully obvious to anyone reading this, but to go from my previous life to this one has been a 100% change and apparently I handled it best...in sweats.
It really hit me that I had to change something last week. We three were at our friends Derek and Heidi's house meeting their adorable new addition, Phoenix, when Derek gave me a hug and said I smelled just like Madison. Hmmm...why would that be? Perhaps because she had barfed down my cheek and into my hair earlier that day. I had a ton of errands to run and no time to do it, so I threw my hair into a messy (and smelly) bun and went about my day. It came time to go over to their house and I didn't have time to shower first. Now that's just gross. To me, though, I was used to being grungy in sweats, smelling like baby vomit. I'd like to be used to smelling nice and being dressed. And so it will be.
I took a little video of Maddy playing this morning.
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Hallelujah! Sounds like you've let yourself in on THE big secret to working from home. Whether you're earning big bucks or creating Maddy's solid sense of self, it's all important enough to take seriously.
But not TOO seriously! :)
That's such a good one! And she seems so happy!
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