Finally got off my butt and organised my maternity leave with work!
I am entitled to 12 weeks paid maternity leave plus there’s the government paid paternity leave of 18 weeks – all up I’ll be taking 7 months solid off work. Probably use some annual leave as well I need to burn in there somewhere. So looking like I’ll be off from the 1st of March, returning on the 1st of October. My OB has also been suggesting I go on early medical leave, so far I’ve been able to convince her I can keep going. If it comes to it, I can at least work from home for a few weeks; I’d go insane sitting on my butt at home doing nothing
It’s all becoming a reality rather fast, I’m 33 weeks today which means 6 and a bit left to go, if that! <panic mode>
In my office, we celebrate all the birthdays during x month with lots of cake!
People have to get up, say how old they are, when their birthday is and what they are doing/did to celebrate the anniversary of their birth. Oh and then the entire company sings happy birthday to them, it’s really quite embarrassing but in a good way. That being said, I have been known to be incredibly difficult to find or working from home when April Cake Day rolls around
They also give out service awards – champers for 1 year, dinner for 3 years and a gumball machine for 5 years. I got mine last August.
I especially love cake day, as they always make sure to order the most awesome gluten-free chocolate mud cake for people like me!
What better way to showcase morning than the way I spend it 5 days a week!
I start the day at work with a small skim piccolo, sometimes decaf and sometimes not. If I can manage something to eat, it’s either vegmite toast or a blueberry bagel with cream cheese. It takes a while for my laptop to fully load, so I can usually consume my breakfast in peace.
