Choices, Changes, and Confidence

Whoa!  This is been a BUSY first week back to work, and it has taught me I will be deeply changing in many areas of my life when I have a sweet, young one. 

I feel quite unbalanced with work, family, friends, pets, health, chores, and other responsibilities. Mostly I am realizing how difficult and expensive "extra" requests will be in my future. For example on Wednesday I had a 7:30 am breakfast meeting/speech that ran until 1 pm. Then, a presentation to a division that went from 2-2:15. I had to drive across town (22.5 miles, each way), to let out my dogs, work on my next speech and change. This was all in order to be back across town for my next presentation from 5-6:30 pm!  It was actually a great day and really engaging; however, I had this thought, "You know if I had to pay a babysitter/nanny for this day it would have been $120!  So, that's going to have to change in my future."  I love how my body and brain are starting to get ready for this little one. It is nice to bE going through thee changes because I feel my heart filling more with love and joy with what REALLY matters to me - and, deciding on the things, people and passions to which I will be giving my time, energy and talent. 

I am thrilled that my home study is this coming Wednesday. Plus, I am incredibly thankful for the support (emotionally and physically) with setting up the baby-to-be room. Sure hope you can swing by and see it, soon. 

P. S. My vacation plans to London sure will be better served later in the year so that I could use my three weeks of vacation time to complete mountains of paperwork on the adoption process and get the nursery ready.  It has been a great trip, this far.