New Back to School Normal

Today has reminded me how wonderful it has been to be able to work from home.  Even though I have spent about one week per month in Houston over the past year, I still enjoyed the convenience of a 10 step commute for the rest of the time.  This morning, I started a new routine:  Commuting to the office, working all day,impromptu meetings (just because I'm there and available), racing to after care, Tae Kwon Do lessons, cooking dinner...  And that's as far as I have made it.

At least two days a week, I will be joining the majority of working moms with a trip to the office.  This requires not only getting my husband and daughter out the door, but also a shower and some type of presentable attire at a very reasonable hour.  I realize only now what I have not been missing.

I am frequently asked, "How do you like working from home?"  My standard response is that it can be rather lonely and that I miss the face-to-face interaction with my co-workers every day.  I'm going to tell myself that tomorrow morning at 5:45 when my alarm goes off again.

Will She Always Think I'm Super-Mom?

J and I were browsing through the latest Harry and David catalog this week, when we saw this beautiful photo of scrumptious looking petit fours:

I'll let your mouth water for another few seconds....

Okay, so where was I?  Yes.  So, J tells me that we are going to make these this weekend!  Emphatically.  No question.  We're going to do it! 

My response was mixed, and I'm now second-guessing whether I let her down a bit.  I told her that it was really hard to make something this small and beautiful.  "Did you see how many layers are in the chocolate one?  Cake, filling, cake, filling, cake, filling.  Then it's coated with icing."

She was not deterred.  Her mom can do it.  Super-Mom.

I wish that I always had the confidence in myself that she has in me!  Stay tuned to see if Super-Mom and her trusty sidekick J can pull this one off...