Wednesday, October 8, 2008

My first day back at work was daunting. I don't think I'd really realised how much I'd switched off the professional part of my brain and how much I really did just talk about my child now! A kind member of the team took me off for a coffee while I slowly acclimatised.
While IT spent some time getting me all hooked up to the right systems, I was able to read through the newly developed intranet, the results of the latest staff survey and started getting to know the new members of the team who had started during my leave.
I met with my boss and we discussed the projects that I would be working on and how I might go about tackling them.
By the end of my first week I felt settled back, overjoyed to have some time to really think and raring to go. It had really helped that everyone had been patient with me and didn't mind spending time bringing me up-to-date with everything that had been going on in my absence