Being back at work has allowed me to blog more often. I have more time in front of a computer screen. While this is fun and therapeutic for me, it is not a trade off that I enjoy. I would rather be with my boys.

Cory survived daddy daycare yesterday. He IM'd me yesterday afternoon, and I told him that I missed them. I also told him that I was glad he was with them. It is comforting to me that he can and WILL take care of them. He said that he had a blast with them. Mom is back to keeping them today.

I have begun completing the massive amount of paperwork for my new job. I don't remember if I blogged this yet, but my new job is officially titled "Mobile Response Specialist." I will be working for one of the area mental health centers. This mental health center has the contract in this area to be the crisis response for people in mental health crisis (suicidal or homicial). Once trained, I will respond to calls in a 5 county area to assess people for psychiatric hospitalization and pre-cert for insurance, if necessary. Up to this point in my social work career, I have done mainly community social work, working with large groups of people in the mental health community, working for systems changes. Now I can work on supervision hours to be a licsensed clinical social worker. I'll never leave my advocacy roots, but it's time for a change (is that a political slogan?). I am looking forward to something completely different.

My new boss was excited to hear that I wanted to work on the weekend since nobody wants that schedule (I proposed a F, S, S, M schedule). My needs are very different. Cory will have Mondays and every other weekend off, thus significantly reducing costs for child care.

We are being interviewed today by a tv reporter. I guess I'll be on tv. Good thing I noticed this morning that I've lost 5 more pounds. I am now 2 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight. However, none of my clothes fit because of my deformed belly. I guess some abdominal exercises are in order, but who has time for that????