My way forward to something less exhausting

Cam and me at work.

I've known for the past month that I would be announcing a big change on this blog. Until last week, I didn't know what that change would be. I just knew that the pace I was keeping at home and at work was not sustainable. For the longest time, I was stuck in analysis paralysis with no clear path ahead. Last week my way forward appeared when I least expected it in a form I could not have imagined beforehand.

M and I have decided to move. We signed a lease last weekend for a beautiful apartment cattycornered across the street from my office. We've also hired a fabulous nanny, which means I'll get to visit Cameron on my lunch break as time allows. We move next weekend, and the nanny starts October 31.

During the past 6 months, I've learned that staying sane as a working mom is a radical endeavor. It requires either extraordinary effort, exorbitant expense, and/or major lifestyle changes...sometimes all of the above. I'm fortunate to have a job I love and a son I love even more to make it worth doing.