Maternity Leave

One of the things about this pregnancy that has been so incredibly different from the first is that I've been working. It made a huge difference, especially in the first trimester when all I wanted to do was sleep (which was compounded, of course, by the fact that my firstborn was not sleeping...).

As of Friday, though, that is history. No more working while pregnant for me! :)

A quick word about working from home: it was fantastic. I absolutely loved being home for lunch with my two favorite people on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (they days they're home). I had a 5-second commute, which meant that even if I worked late-ish, I could still have dinner with my family! And I worked about 75% of the time in pajamas, people. Pajamas. If we didn't have anywhere to be that day (most days), I would take a shower and then put on clean PJs for the day. Let my hair air dry. Oh man. It rocked.

And I was actually quite productive. It's amazing how much distraction there is at the office - people stopping by to chat, etc. And while there are two pretty adorable distractions here, I still managed to bill at least 5 hours a day, and even up to 8-8.5, which is pretty good considering the timing of it all (the holidays, TWO snowstorms, etc). If I thought it was actually feasible in a big firm environment, I might try to do it longer term, at least part time. But there are a million reasons why I don't think that would work (and that topic is a whole post in itself).

Anyway, I'm officially on maternity leave, so no working is allowed, and I am ecstatic about that. I have big plans for the next week: hanging with my family on Monday, mani/pedi with a friend on Tuesday, finishing my last few projects for Miss Leah (still finalizing her mobile - I'm crocheting stuffed elephants to hang from it - and still need to make crib rail covers so her crib doesn't get dinged by our bedroom door every time we open it).

And there's that whole, oh yeah, we could have a BABY anytime thing. But I'm not in a hurry for that. I'd like at least a few days where I have no responsible things to do first. :)