Tomorrow I am back at work. Who the hell offers me a raise? A large part of me wish they didn't. The salary is decent for the public sector. yuck. Perhaps the key reason to go back- is when we finally get a larger place we need more money and me leaving the workforce when the non-profit/gov't sector is taking huuuuge cutbacks and layoffs wouldn't be prudent.
Soooo we spent the end of August checking out nanny-land vs. daycare places. We found a daycare place about a 3.7 minute walk away. The prices for daycare are insane in the membrane- like not sure if its even worth it to work??? We figured we did not want to scramble and hire a baby-sitter so we went with this place. Is it a nanny if you live on the upper east side? Anywho...we didn't have time to debate nanny vs daycare. And we didn't want to hire the first person who came in and didn't spill coffee on their shirt and therefore looked qualified (I spill coffee all the time).
My parents are watching the babes 1 day a week. They offered two days, but my parents are in their late 60's hell- lets just call them 70. And not like a hot Michael Douglas late 60's. More like they would drop dead after 2 days after spending 1.5 hours coming into the city and watching twins. We do appreciate their help. I bet they bring them to a week-day mass. whatever as long as they give them some occasional fresh nyc air.
It's our plan (will check on partner later if she agrees) that this is a temporary fix. It's our hope that one of us will stay home next year or work part-time. Actually- the way M's job is going- it might be her. All I can say is: stressful. Who the hell has to be on a conference call and check emails when you are away? We just came back from block island this weekend. I wanted to throw her blackberry in the ocean. Oh I love corporate america.
I don't want to leave the babies. Don't get me wrong- I might actually get a free moment to myself going to work. Raising twins (sure a singleton is tough too) is exhausting work. Yet I am so sad and will miss them terribly terribly terribly.
Above is a picture of a light house on block island on Thursday evening.
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