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Leaning In - Sort Of

A few weeks ago, I started a temporary part-time stint at my old job.   The offer to return was serendipitous and judging by how easily I could switch all our activities to alternative times to accommodate this opportunity (as kids' activities and classes are sold-out months in advance), I decided that it was a higher plan for me to return to my old stomping ground. Mr. Urban, who is eternally supportive of all of my endeavors, even equipped me with an App which I can peek into our home at any time from my desk and carry on a two way conversations with our UrbanBaby and her sitter.  (Incidentally, the phone sits propped up just beyond my computer screen, so I can glance over once every second...  That is not obsessive, is it?) When my phone carrier reminded me that I have used my entire monthly data plan in one day, Mr. Urban smiled as though to suggest that "the App was not meant to be used this way!!!"   The first day that I sat down for an uninterrupted fou