The End / The Beginning

This is my last week before work starts. I'm trying to make it count. PJO had the day off work for Columbus Day, so we decided Timmy could skip daycare and have a day-o-fun instead.

We let him run out all of his energy at My-Gym and exclaim with delight to his heart's content at every airplane taking off and landing at LAX. We sampled strawberries and sweet Italian sausage at Whole Foods while we did our grocery shopping for the week. We took a family nap and snuggled for 3 hours together. It was really delightful to have that bonus time to spend together without thinking about what we should be doing or worrying about our to-dos.

I also made meals for the week and cleaned our apartment, so we're starting on a good note. Our new babysitter starts tomorrow for the daycare pick-ups, so I'll be spending my afternoons with her. But my mornings will be spent meeting friends for coffee and breakfast, reading, sewing and making Timmy's baby book. Friday night I'm going out with the friends I used to hang out with every day at the tot lot and park. I certainly didn't do everything from my big to-do-before-work-starts list, but I did the important things.

Today I got an email from the Firm about my first day. It included a schedule of training sessions for the week, allotted an hour and a half for lunch with my mentor the first day and it gave the time that we'll get our first assignment. After the initial flutter of butterflies, I realized I was totally, completely excited. It was just like walking up to the school doors in September and finding my name on the class list, figuring out who my teacher and classmates were. Suddenly, it is real and it is going to happen soon!