March 5, 2010

I'm Done with Work

It's getting tougher to be me these days in my condition. Work at the preschool is so laborious, and expectations of me are still high...for a few people. I'm always bending, stooping, crouching low, lifting, walking back/forth and upstairs/downstairs, rearranging furniture, washing toys....and for a someone 34 weeks pregnant this is tough work. At seven months pregnancy (just last month) I could easily tackle this backbreaking job (and that's mainly what an assistant at this preschool does ~ breaks her back) and I liked the job criteria since I like challenging myself in using my hands on the condition that I'm healthy and not carrying another person with her support system. It's way too different and difficult now. I appreciate any help I could get, but it comes far and few between.

I'm not sure when to go on maternity leave but if I had it my way, I'd be on it now. I think I have to give my two weeks notice or something. I think I'm going to stop working on the 19th of March, maybe. Another option I could do to stretch my working hours till the weeee end is work at a much slower pace. Everyone knows I'm at the end of my pregnancy, but I feel like such a burden for them to adjust their duties just for me. My opinion of their opinion of me is probably not true, but it really feels like it.

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