At long last it seems like I’ve found some sort of balance. I’ve gotten through both the first months’ exhaustion and overwhelmedness, and the subsequent boredom, and then the worry about how Ingrid would cope in daycare with me at work. I feel like I have a good balance between time spent working and time spent at home, and I enjoy both. I feel like I know what I am doing and I feel confident about taking care of Ingrid. (I certainly didn’t during the early months!) I get enough sleep, enough to eat and enough exercise and fresh air.

For the first six months, I generally felt that I could cope with “it” (life, the universe and everything) in the current state for a while, but not forever. Now, on the other hand, the situation actually feels sustainable.

Which most likely means that everything is about to be turned upside down soon, ha ha – if I’ve had time to get comfortable, the next change is probably overdue!