I've had some pretty irregular schedules lately. I start my day at 4:45 AM when I have to log onto my
computer for 5:00 AM meetings with my counterparts in India three days a week. Then on Tuesday's I have 8:00 - 10:00 PM meetings with my counterparts in China. The Tuesday night meetings are the hardest as this is the time of the day that I like to wind down, spending a lot of time on the couch surfing the web, catching up on my favorite shows once the kids go to bed, or snuggling with Olivia until the clock strikes bed time for her. The Tuesday night meetings are also the hardest for her as we miss our snuggle time, the bed time stories, and tucking her into bed and telling her she is as snug as a bug in a rug. I can't wait until the days that I no longer have these meetings.
The other night I actually had a treat. My boss is moving on to a new position, which isn't the treat, but our work group took her out to dinner to a very nice restaurant that I normally wouldn't be able to afford!! Leaving the house without Olivia is never easy for me. She always wants to come with and I usually take her wherever I go. However, this was one of those circumstances that she couldn't go with and she didn't understand why. After explaining to her that I had to "go to work" and why I couldn't just work in the basement (which is where she is used to me holding my meetings with China). She finally let me go. As I was getting ready to walk into the garage she came running after me screaming "No Mommy, don't go, I don't want to say with the boys". After a short giggle at the fact that she is now calling Daddy and Finey "the boys" I had to leave her behind. Tears
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