The (Thomas Nelson) Office - Season Premier

Today was the day. I started back to work. Well, technically I started back Sunday when I flew out to Los Angeles with my team for a strategic planning meeting with the Red Hat Society. It was a whirlwind trip, but we accomplished so much for our upcoming book project. Those ladies are fantastic!

I left Avery in very able hands with Chad while I was gone. My cousin Jenny kept her on Monday while he was at work, but he managed everything else. I, on the other hand, had a bit of trouble while I was gone. Airplanes don't have electrical outlets and I forgot my hand pump. In fact, the airports didn't have reasonable accommodations either. I stuck it out and survived, but it definitely wasn't comfortable. I'm just grateful there were no crying babies on the plane. Yikes!

We spent Tuesday and Wednesday getting Avery adjusted to daycare. Okay, so let's be honest. We really just needed to get ourselves adjusted to having her in daycare. Chad and I were both miserable and weepy all day Tuesday, but we managed to keep it together. Today was definitely easier.

Miraculously, my car drove itself to the office today. It was a pretty easy transition back to work. I wasn't there very long. All I managed to get done was clean out my email inbox. I'm pretty proud of myself, though. I went through almost 3,000. Granted, most of them were Google news updates and Viagra ads, but I got 'em knocked out. Tomorrow will be dedicated to educating myself on the new products and alerting my authors and media contacts that I've resurfaced.

We had dinner with the Millers tonight. It was an answered prayer. Sallie called when Avery and I were staring blankly into the pantry trying to come up with a plan for supper. I HATE deciding what to cook for dinner. The actual preparation is not a problem. It's the decision itself. Aarg! But Sallie phoned in and laid out the invitation and saved the day! All we really ended up doing was grubbing and watching NBC season finales.

We have a night for each network. Sunday is ABC for Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. Tuesday is Fox for American Idol. Wednesday is Fox, too, for the results show. (Can you believe Chris got voted off? Shocking! I, personally, am a big fan of Elliott Yamin. Vote people!!!!!) Thursday is NBC for Will & Grace, My Name is Earl, The Office, and ER. We try not to watch TV too much, but it's ridiculously difficult to turn the thing off when we pay so much for cable. Don't get me started.

Okay, so I really should wind it down. I need to save something to write about another day.