The Craziness is Beginning

The last three days have been CRAZY in our household!!!  I went back to work on Friday.  Luckily for me, Chris was able to work from home and watch Brady.  That helped tremendously as the only thing I had to worry about was work.  I also left at noon, so really the only thing I could complain about was actually having to get up and get ready.  Boo Hoo, right?  It's been three months since I've had to get up to an alarm and actually do my hair and makeup.  I dreaded the drive into work.  I had a sick feeling in my stomach.  I wondered what kind of storm I was walking into at work.  A year ago, a few of my teammates wondered if things could possibly get any worse on our team.  As I found out on Friday, it did.  I jumped right into my Friday routine though - getting breakfast at Brueggers with a teammate, getting caught up on what's been going on, cleaning up my email, listening to coworkers talk about how they would love to win the lottery, etc.  Not a hard morning at all :). 

And then Chris sends me this picture:

And then I get instantly sad.  

My heart literally breaks and melts at the same time.  What a funny expression on his face but I missed him so much.  I missed watching him stretch and wake up from his morning nap.  I missed our little conversations we were beginning to have - especially after he was done eating or while he was laying there before a diaper change.  Those seemed to be his chatty moments.  And I missed looking down and seeing him in my arms.  And here I was stuck at my desk trying to "excel" at a meaningless job.  I couldn't get home fast enough!!!

After I got home, we had a business meeting with someone.  Then my parents arrived to watch Brady and Drake, and then Chris and I were off to KC for the weekend.  We were so excited to get away for once.  We had a great time.  I had purchased tickets to a Dave Ramsey Live event.  It was fantastic!  Although I had to drag Chris there, we both got a lot out of it.  We just had so much fun getting away and just doing what we want when we wanted.  Thanks Mom and Dad for spending the weekend at our place watching our boys!!!

I think reality is about to hit though this week.  We will be juggling me going back to work full days, dropping / picking up Brady from daycare and getting Drake to the vet first thing Monday morning.  It looks like he will be having his umpteenth surgery tomorrow - this time on the broken blood vessels in his OTHER ear.  At least we know this won't ever happen again now that both ears will be taken care of.  Poor doggy!!  I know everyone has to juggle kids, schedules, work, etc., but it's a little daunting when it's your first time!!  Wish us luck this week!!!!