Transitions

We are slowly transitioning back into working mom mode around here. I have been at work 2 days and I 've gotten lots accomplished. I unpacked and got my office ready (it used to take me 2 days + to decorate my classroom, the office took 2 hours) and now I am marking and bagging all of our reading books for check-out this year. Last year, being a new school there was no check-out system and lots of books got lost. If I never see another zip-loc bag again, it will be too soon. I think I've gone through about 300 and, oh yeah, I have to go and buy more before I go to school today!

And then there's Shelby and Sarah...The girls are tired from not being able to sleep in this week. I can't believe what a difference a 1/2 hour makes. They are only waking up 30 minutes before they would normally on their own, but Sarah is tired at my aunts house and then came home last night and was ready to sleep by 7:00 (7:30 is normal for her). Shelby is a whole other story. She is having a harder time with my going back to work than she ever has. She is teary (not quite crying) when I leave her, tells me she misses me a lot, and is more clingy than normal. The transition back has never been this hard for her. I am thinking it has to do with her knowledge of feelings and how to express them now. I get lots of "I feel sad" and "I miss you." What's this, she's learned guilt before the age of 3?!?

I know, it will all seem normal in a couple of weeks...