1. Hear baby crying for another hour on end and fantasize about going back to work.
2. Casually search your usual suspects for job openings. You know, just to see what's out there...
3. Find something that actually looks pretty good!
4. Decide it wouldn't hurt to apply-- probably won't get it anyway.
5. Send in your application and forget about it.
6. A month later, get invited to interview.
7. Ask a friend to babysit so you can actually accept the interview. (Thank you Trisha!)
8. Try on all your interview-appropriate clothes and realize that pants are out of the question and only one dress zips up and doesn't look like it will bust at the seams. Go with that.
9. Have a great interview and then get really nervous about what a great interview could mean.
10. Get invited for a second interview. (Crap, time to find another outfit...)
11. Have your mom dig out some maternity pants that you swore you were done with. Ahh yes, hello elastic waistband!
12. Work yourself up into a ball of anxiety the night before the interview... Will they like you? Are you good enough? Do you even want this job? What about the baby? She's so cute and doesn't cry THAT much anymore!
13. Get a call back: Sorry, no. They're going with someone else.
14. BUT! Find out they have a different, part time role they'd like you to fill. Even better!
15. Go on a mad search for daycares that can take your child. Call, email, tour them all.
16. Reach an HR-related roadblock and reconsider the whole damn thing.
17. Resolve the issue. Sign the contract for work. Sign the contract for daycare.
18. Breathe a sigh of relief that things seem to be falling into place. Pat yourself on the back a little. Cry a few tears because things are changing. Repeat as necessary.
I started this process in early July, and after all that, will finally be starting tomorrow. It's just three days a week, and is only a contract position for now, but it definitely feels like such a big transition for all of us-- me with learning a new role and being away from Holly all day, Curtis with managing daycare drop offs and pick ups, and Holly with being in a whole new place with unfamiliar people. Wish us luck!
2. Casually search your usual suspects for job openings. You know, just to see what's out there...
3. Find something that actually looks pretty good!
4. Decide it wouldn't hurt to apply-- probably won't get it anyway.
5. Send in your application and forget about it.
6. A month later, get invited to interview.
7. Ask a friend to babysit so you can actually accept the interview. (Thank you Trisha!)
8. Try on all your interview-appropriate clothes and realize that pants are out of the question and only one dress zips up and doesn't look like it will bust at the seams. Go with that.
9. Have a great interview and then get really nervous about what a great interview could mean.
10. Get invited for a second interview. (Crap, time to find another outfit...)
11. Have your mom dig out some maternity pants that you swore you were done with. Ahh yes, hello elastic waistband!
12. Work yourself up into a ball of anxiety the night before the interview... Will they like you? Are you good enough? Do you even want this job? What about the baby? She's so cute and doesn't cry THAT much anymore!
13. Get a call back: Sorry, no. They're going with someone else.
14. BUT! Find out they have a different, part time role they'd like you to fill. Even better!
15. Go on a mad search for daycares that can take your child. Call, email, tour them all.
16. Reach an HR-related roadblock and reconsider the whole damn thing.
17. Resolve the issue. Sign the contract for work. Sign the contract for daycare.
18. Breathe a sigh of relief that things seem to be falling into place. Pat yourself on the back a little. Cry a few tears because things are changing. Repeat as necessary.
I started this process in early July, and after all that, will finally be starting tomorrow. It's just three days a week, and is only a contract position for now, but it definitely feels like such a big transition for all of us-- me with learning a new role and being away from Holly all day, Curtis with managing daycare drop offs and pick ups, and Holly with being in a whole new place with unfamiliar people. Wish us luck!
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