Returning to work after being away for nearly 6 weeks was not a happy thing to anticipate, but the reality wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Nothing too disasterous happened in my in-tray during my absence, and the new boss is practically suggesting that I should be part-time when I get back from maternity leave. Which is what I wanted.
Home life has improved a great deal from the all time low of xmas, and we have started what will be a long Cversation in stages about what happened, and what could happen differently next time. It will take a while as we don't get big patches of uninterrupted time, and we both get pretty tetchy about the whole xmas subject (which makes regular breaks advisable). Personally I am thinking that we should buy a big tent and go camping Every year for xmas, and not see family at that time. It is too fraught with expectations, and not actually very interesting. Both sides sit around and talk and eat. We don't see the extended family very often with the proposed new system, but frankly I don't think it much of a loss. If we don't see them any other time, why fuss around with it at xmas?? We'll see, but it doesn't seem healthy that most xmas's I start thinking about a divorce!
Posted by Toni at January 5, 2004 11:30 AM