Day 3 at work
I am pleasantly surprised at how well it is going. The staff have been fantastic.
Yesterday I had a quiet word with one of the ladies there and discovered that they all are well and truly prepared to let me settle in and adapt to being back at work, and on my feet again. She said dont be too hard on myself, and just take it one day at a time. Just what I needed to hear.
I am being given simple tasks to keep me busy and general serving, just to ease back in. I am realising that a lot of the fear of going back was because my boss, who is a male, hasnt been able to communicate those words of reassurance we women love to hear. We just want to here, its ok to start at the beginning, we understand. I am full of energy, enthusiasm and my hyperactivity is on high with lots of smiles and perfect behaviour. So grateful to have my job, and enjoying just working 4 hours a day. 20 hours a week.
Its very different not having a meal break, and I am shuffling around my times to eat, which is all over the place, but I am adapting. I am still ok to cook a meal at night, and not collapsing as I walk through the door. I feel that preparation is vital, doing the one hour walks per day, before going back. Also, no matter what stage you are at, get off that seat regularly, even if you just walk around whilst on the phone, it all helps to stay mobile.
I have started using a Meditation from Google, that helped when I was stressing too much about what "might" happen, and I am noticing I havent been doing my pilates stretches, thats what I need to keep doing! I have one more shift then the weekend, cant wait for a couple days to recover. So far, so good!
