Initiation

Susanne felt so awesome after being able to sleep for four hours in a row. Just that little extra bit made all of the difference. Susanne was excited to get back to work because she loves what she does, however, she was very anxious about leaving her baby for the first time. She knew that Moppy would do a great job with him, but Susanne still hated the thought of being separated from him. Susanne started getting ready at 7:30 am. She wanted to make sure that she had plenty of time to get to work. It ended up taking her a full three hours to get everything packed and ready to go in addition to the pumping, feeding Paxton, getting herself ready, taking care of the animals...etc.

Susanne and Moppy arrived at Susanne's work an hour before her shift started. This was supposed to be enough time to set up everything and still leave enough time for Susanne to pump right before her shift. After they assembled the pack and play, one of Susanne's co-workers arrived with her child to drop him off for the day. Susanne could tell by the woman's face that she was shocked to see them there. Susanne was aware that her son would be sharing the nursery with Paxton during the daytime, but obviously she did not. She voiced her concerns about the children's schedules conflicting and that her son may harm Paxton accidentally since he was much older. It proved to be too much stress for Susanne to try to figure out a solution at that moment so they moved everything into one of the manager's offices to avoid conflict. She was already stressed enough with it being her first day back at work and her leaving her child for the first time. If that wasn't enough to worry about, he was also a child that had special needs. This was not what they had envisioned, but they made it work. It was definitely a tight fit to get everything in the office. Moppy managed to make do with the situation even though she was squished in a corner with an office chair all day. She's so awesome.

Susanne had to work really hard at trying to switch mommy mode off and turning her veterinarian brain on. After the first few hours, she felt right at home. It was like riding a bike. She got a warm welcome back by getting peed on by one patient and getting sprayed with anal glands by another patient. Switching her lab coat twice within the first day back was quite the initiation.

Susanne got done later than expected because she ended up hospitalizing her last patient. She ended up getting on the road around 9:30 pm. This of course meant that she had to hook Paxton up to his NG feeding for the ride home. Due to the minimal space available in the nursery, Susanne decided to pack everything up and take it all home until next week. Moppy and Susanne looked like they were moving an entire house with the amount of stuff they had to carry. It does wonders for their biceps.

Susanne and Moppy parted ways. Susanne got home a little after 10:00 pm. Paxton appeared to be wide awake so Susanne took advantage of this opportunity to spend some quality time with the little guy. Susanne laid Paxton on her bed while she stared at him and talked to him sweetly. Out of nowhere, Paxton spit up all over the bed. This, in turn, meant that Susanne had to strip her bed of all of the sheets and covers and wash everything. He made such a mess of himself that Susanne decided to bathe him before he went to bed. He really seemed like he was enjoying baths more and more. After taking care of the laundry, the pets, and Paxton, Susanne finally got to sit down and have some dinner. There was nothing more appealing to Susanne than eating dinner in her bed watching some trash TV after a long, hard day.