For the past 6 months, being a stay-at-home-mommy has been amazing! There’s nothing better than cuddling up on the couch with Mady several times a day for a nap, or “waiting until tomorrow” to do housework, or watching her little personality develop, or watching her learn how to hold onto things, and sit up all by herself. She is quite the unique individual and I have enjoyed every second of it…well, almost. It would be a lie if I said I enjoyed every second of it. Not every day was filled with sunshine and rainbows. Some days, dark clouds hovered over us…specifically on the days before we knew she had acid reflux. But over all, there were rainbows and sunshine.
Those days, I will miss. A few months ago, I had decided that I would eventually go back to work. April sounded like a good month to me. After job searching online, I discovered that Cumberland really didn’t have much to offer in my line of work. Matt had been keeping an eye out for me when he came across a “Volunteer/Bereavement Coordinator” position with the Hospice program at WMHS…the hospital he works at. The position looked perfect! Part time, daylight hours, Monday thru Friday. Exactly what I was looking for! I applied. A week later I was on my way to an interview, which went great! I got in my car to drive home and thought to myself,” This is way too good to be true! It would be perfect for Mady and I.” (I say “Mady and I” because we may be "slightly" attached. Yes, Matt did cut the cord, but her and I have become SO attached to each other over the past 6 months.) I didn’t want to get my hopes up. I tried not to, but the more I thought about the position, how friendly everyone was during my interview, the hours, etc, the more my hopes went up. Waiting to hear from HR may have been the longest time ever!
Yesterday, HR finally called and offered me the position. As of now, I start April 9th…which is orientation at the hospital. (The actual office I will be working out of is on Industrial Blvd, where “Hills” was at one point.) Thoughts and prayers would be greatly appreciated as I start this new job…mainly that both Mady and I will have an easy adjustment and that we will survive the “change.” I mean, mommy’s go back to work all the time and they survive, right? : )
~Renee
you will do great :) i had planned to go back to work part time after jackson was born because i loved my social work job too!! i found out on my last day of maternity leave that they were no longer going to allow part time work, so that didn't happen!
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