2007 is just round the corner

Just ONE more week and then I will be going back to work on Jan 3rd '07. And like most(if not all) new mothers who are returning to work after their maternity leave, I dread going back to work knowing that I will miss my baby loads. Spending HOURS at work without seeing his face(pictures don't coun't), hearing his voice, smelling his skin, touching his hair, tickling his tummy... I've spent the past 2 1/2 months enjoying motherhood(and bumming around at home, and going shopping anytime I want...) and the time has now come for me to get busy with work again. Shift work. Odd, long hours. It sucks. IT SUCKS. But I still have to go through it, and I know my baby will understand that his mother is not a stay-at-home-mummy and he will look forward to seeing me when I come back. For the 1st time ever, I now know the REAL meaning of being a working mum.