Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Just an update on life in my world.

My injured finger has finally been freed from nearly 3 months in a brace. It is still sore and hard to bend but apparently this will improve with time. Such an amazing amount of pain and rehabilitation for such a small aea of injury! I am impatiently waiting to see if the swelling will go down in the middle joint (supposedly a result of being splinted and immobilised for so long) as I cannot fit any of my beautiful rings on it :( including my eternity ring. I am missing not being able to wear them and am worried the joint may never reduce in size so they fit. Still I have use of the finger and can still horseride which was my biggest fear when I realised how severe my injury really was.
I have nearly finished with hospital appointments and have high hopes that I might not be subjected to any more x-rays for a long long time.
Extra incentive to keep my bum firmly in the saddle when showjumping from now on!

Otherwise, I have just returned from a work trip to Sydney. I don't travel as much as my dear husband but I do enough work trips that the shine has most definitely worn off them. Nothing glamorous about airports, taxis, delays and getting home at nearly midnight.
But the trip did really reinforce just how much I have achieved in the last year of being back at work and in charge of my laboratory. I now have a four member team plus research students, where once it was just me and I have not only expanded our capabilities and brought in a lot of grant funding but also built us a strong name as a research laboratory. I am tired thinking of all that still need to achieve but then I remind myself how far we have come. I love my job and I am damn proud that I can be a good mummy with happy healthy confident kids and have a great career. Sure I sacrifice sleep and I don't know what it is like to sit on my own lounge and watch tv but its all so worth it.

My biggest tip for mums with careers? Don't buy into mother guilt. So many mums talk about it - they perpetuate it. Don't let it exist. Live your life to your own priorities, don't apologise for them. Remind yourself that your kids are hugged, kissed, free of pain and abuse, clothed, spoiled, played with and know exactly where you are when you aren't with them and that you are coming back to pick them up.As long as you live your life true to what it important to you and what makes you happy then all is perfect.

And for god sakes, don't put your life priorities onto another mother. I NEVER judge - we are all different. Life would be so boring if we were all working mothers or all stay at home mums. I love the variety - it takes all types.

ahem rant over.

And because this is my post - I will leave you with a pic of my new Nine West shoes. I just bought a lovely burnt orange and black patterned dress that will be perfect with these. LOVE autumn dressing (and yes there is even a chill in the air in qld! Although its still like 30 degrees in the middle of the day so I am sure a few people are laughing at me right now!)