Today was my second full day “all alone” with our daughter and I have to say … after two days of this, I have a shocking revelation to report: I think I’d really enjoy being a stay at home mom.
I love to work and I always have, but I guess that up to now I’ve just been working with and for other people. After high school and through college I worked mostly around and in pools and then I worked in research labs and now (and most exhausting by far) I’m a teacher and (kind of) swim coach. The last couple of days have been totally filled by feedings, changings, laundry, cleaning, playing, talking in a voice that isn’t my own, singing to someone who doesn’t care whether I’m on pitch, cooking, planning, watching ridiculous TV in no more than 10 minute at a time chunks, not eating anything on time, working my schedule around a sleeping/eating/cranky/playful/giggly/squirmy baby. And I have loved every single second of it. It made me want to quit my job and stay home with my daughter and while I know I can’t do that, it makes me REALLY look forward to Spring Break when I have 10 days off to be home with her, and for the end of the school year, when I get almost 2 1/2 months with her. Who know, I guess I AM the motherly, house-wifely type? When did that happen?
