A new adventure

I look back at the last 6 or so weeks and can say that it was filled to the brim with activities that are cherished during a northeast (read that as too short) summer: swimming, boating, playing outside, getting tan and lighter hair (Piper too!), and eating delicious summer food. We went to Burlington, I had a girls' weekend in the Hamptons. We took vacation and went to Essex, Lake Placid, Middlebury, and a Sugarland concert in NH. There are literally hundreds of pictures from the last part of this summer (one of my favorites being the one above) and we're going to love looking through them for years to come. Here are a few more ... (and if blogger wasn't such a pain to upload to, there would be WAY more, but I digress ...)



So now summer has pretty much come to an end ... what better time to start a new adventure? I wasn't looking for a job, but one was offered to me last week. At first, my reaction was no way. I love staying home with Piper - and what if I miss when she finally turns into a full time walker? That transition, by the way, has taken forever! She will walk for literally an hour (and did so at the Hyde Musuem last week) with one finger, but still maxes out on 10 or so steps on her own. Anyway, I also have learned in life that even if the initial reaction is no, you should always learn more. If we hadn't, we wouldn't have moved back to NY almost four years ago! So I learned more, and once I did, I got really excited about the position. And almost immediately after that, really guilty. I felt terrible for wanting to do something else other than care for Piper, which may seem rational or irrational, depending on the reader. That was almost a week ago, and today I accepted the position. It's great because it's three days a week and ends with the upcoming election so I can dip my toe into the water of being a working mom and see how it goes. It was a really hard decision to make because of the back and forth feelings, but in the end, I think it'll be fun for me to see if my brain still works and I do think day care will be a great experience for Piper. We checked out where she'll be going today and it was an overwhelmingly positive experience. She cried when we left! To me, that cleared the guilt away. So starting Friday, I'll be the new communications director for our congressman, Scott Murphy. I'm really excited about the opportunity and curious about how the next eight or so weeks will go. So please wish me, and more importantly Piper, lots of luck!