missing my girl

I'm interrupting my Wordless Wednesday to momentarily say/vent:
The monotony of the week got to me this morning, and I realized it's because all I really want to do is spend more time with my girl. Being a full-time working mom is tough, and non-stop. Thankfully we get some downtime together on the weekends. That is a blessing. I stayed and played with her for a few minutes when we got to daycare this morning because even though I saw her this morning and she rode in the car with me (on our lengthy commute) it really wasn't what I consider "spending time together." I'm big on being engaged when being together or it not really counting somehow.

I think I'm going to start taking at least one day a month off from work.

The upcoming months have holidays so that is great, but the other months might require mommy and baby to spend some one-on-one time together on a random Friday now and again.

I know it's only been a month,
and millions of people have a much more daunting weekly routine than we do
 (with more stressful jobs than me/no spouse or help at all/fussy baby, etc)
but I still haven't gotten completely used to it. I would alter it, but it is all necessary at the moment. It requires a lot of prep, a lot of household chores (blah!), and not a lot of time with my sweet girl

(because our only real downtime is at night and she is already asleep).

My mom says to wait because soon enough we will be begging her to go to sleep. I guess that is true and I am very thankful she is easy to put to sleep at night, but I still miss her.

I also need to force myself into bed earlier, because I really should wake up earlier to get everything done in the morning without rushing around and/or being late.
I struggle to get up any earlier, to be honest,
unless my sweet girl is awake.

Bottom line:

The week, and work, is very busy and I miss my Makayla!
Wish I could spend each day with her...