What Do I Do With Myself Now…?

These are all the stock piled ideas I’ve been given by family and friends as I glide into my maternity leave which officially started September 18th. Due to some blood pressure complications, my Dr. decided the safest thing for me was to bow out of work a week early, so I could focus on getting my blood pressure down, decrease my stress, not worry about a commute, eat meals on time, drink gallons of water….all the good things you can do with an extra 8 hours in a day with no children or spouse at home! Now, this list above is dreamy and so decadent, but this feeling of being home, not sick, not waiting for Comcast, without an active to-do list, and somewhat responsibility-free is completely foreign to me. And I know, I know…..it’ll all change very soon and I should enjoy it. But this is truly a first for me!

I started working in Human Resources in 2007, 1 week after I finished my senior project for my undergraduate degree. Since then I’ve taken extended vacations here and there throughout my career (the brave 2 week trip to Europe my bff and I took just after college, those dreamy summer jaunts to Maui, wedding season-need I say more, took 3 weeks for our Honeymoon, etc.) but haven’t ever had time for myself at home, without a hearty, chaotic, jam-packed social agenda or without a plane ticket sitting on the kitchen table about to be used.