Back to work

Baby girl let me have a whole half hour to get dinner going and do the dishes before she decided that she didn't want to sit there alone anymore. (We've recently discovered that Sesame Street already completely fascinates her at only 2 months old.) So we are now cuddling and there is nothing on TV and my Nook is charging or I would read. So it's blogging time!

Last night was my first day back to work. I didn't work for the last week before I had Savy J and I was lucky that it's been slow at work so I was able to just do on call shifts, which allowed me to extend my 6 week maternity leave into 9 weeks. So I had not been to work in 10 weeks.

It was weird going back. It felt like a cross between my first day at work and a first day at school. The night before, I felt like I needed to go buy pens and a notebook or something. 

It was really nice to be back. I've missed my co-workers and my store. I felt really out of the loop though. They had moved a few things around, and I hadn't kept up on all the new releases out. In fact, one of the first customers I had said "I need that new book on Obama's mom." when I asked what the title was, or who the author was, she said "I don't know, but it's a new release. You're supposed to know all the new releases right? Don't you have a specific spot for those?". If I had been to work when the book came out, I would have known exactly what she was talking about. Thankfully, I decided on a whim to check the new in biographies bay, and, wouldn't you know, it? It was there! I was glad I found it because I had 3 more requests for the book, and not a single customer knew the title. 

I liked being back at work, but I missed Savannah more than anything. I think I would have done better if it was only a 4 hour shift, but it was a full 8 hour shift. All I could think about was getting home to her. It was so slow they even sent a few people home, but as much as I was dying to get home, I wanted to stay and work the whole shift, just so that I could get back into the swing of things. It's nice to be making money again too. I feel like I'm contributing more.

I don't know when the next time I'll be going back into work will be since I'm just an on call person for the summer, but it's good to be back.

Daddy/Mommy/Daughter date

We finally got some nice weather here!

It was in the 70's and beautiful!

Bryant was able to get someone to take his shift today since he had to go in on his day off, and he decided to take me (and Savannah) on a date.

He really spoiled us and took us to Tucanos for lunch. Then we went to the mall to get some sunglasses, and then to my work and his work,

Tucanos, like always, was great! The grilled pineapple is like a dessert to me! So yummy!

Savannah did great, considering she had been awake for about 3 hours at this point. She slept for the ten minutes we were at the mall, then woke up when we went to visit people at my work. I have been avoiding contacting my work like the plague because I really just want to stay home with my Savy, but my 6 weeks maternity leave is up tomorrow and I figured I really needed to go in if I wanted to keep my job.

It actually felt really nice to be back in there. I've missed the smell of coffee and books and the people I work with. I was able to talk to my manager about my schedule too. I asked her if I would be able to work only one night a week and she said that I could if I wanted too and that if I wanted, I could even just be on call a couple times a week. Perfect!

I get to be home a lot with Savy, and I get to keep my job.
Win-win for me!

Well, I need to cut this post short. Savannah is still colicy and we are just getting into the worst part of the night...