[00:00.01]22-1Career Choices  ACT I
[00:00.32]Rock-a-bye, baby, on the tree top,
[00:07.46]When the wind blows,
[00:10.05]The cradle will rock.
[00:13.80]When the bough breaks,
[00:17.04]The cradle will fall,
[00:21.14]And down will come baby,
[00:25.72]Cradle and all."
[00:40.74]Hi, Marilyn,
[00:42.75]What are you doing?
[00:46.43]Just sketching.
[00:53.51]I've been thinking a lot about our responsibilities
[00:56.13]in the past few weeks.
[00:57.49]I never stop thinking about them.
[01:00.86]I've been wrestling
[01:02.08]with the question of whether I go back to work or not.
[01:04.62]I see.
[01:05.42]And I'm torn.
[01:06.31]I really want to go back to work,
[01:09.19]use my talents,
[01:10.50]and pursue my career in fashion design
[01:12.46]like we always thought I would.
[01:13.53]But now ...
[01:15.30]I want to be with Max as a full-time mother,
[01:18.81]especially when he's a baby.
[01:21.81]I really understand, Marilyn.
[01:23.26]But you never have to worry about Max.
[01:25.81]There's Mother and Grandpa ...
[01:27.38]and I can always arrange my photo schedule
[01:29.38]around your schedule,
[01:30.36]if that will help.
[01:33.85]It's not the same, Richard.
[01:38.64]Have you discussed going back to work with your boss?
[01:41.95]Rita Mae called yesterday.
[01:43.96]Ah! That's what's got you thinking, isn't it?
[01:47.93]She wants to know
[01:48.71]when I think I'll be returning to the boutique.
[01:51.11]And you said ... ?
[01:53.13]I said I'd give her an answer in a few days ...
[01:56.80]that I wasn't sure.
[01:59.07]I'm sure Rita Mae will understand
[02:01.35]and wait until you're ready to go back to work.
[02:04.27]Well, maybe she will, and maybe she won't.
[02:06.23]Who knows?
[02:08.62]If I don't accept her offer,
[02:10.82]maybe she'll find someone else in the meantime,
[02:12.78]and when I'm ready to go back,
[02:14.00]there won't be a job for me.
[02:15.53]That's something to consider.
[02:17.65]You've got yourself to think about, too.
[02:20.04]But I am thinking about myself.
[02:21.72]Don't you see?
[02:22.68]What do you mean?
[02:24.81]It's not just the job.
[02:27.08]It's also my career as Max's mother.
[02:35.58]That's the way I look at it.
[02:37.87]I have two career opportunities at the same time.
[02:41.36]My career as a fashion designer
[02:42.77]and my career as a mother.
[02:44.82]I never really thought about being a mother as a career.
[02:51.43]I guess you do have two career opportunities
[02:54.41]and a decision to make.
[02:58.19]I hear Max.
[02:59.62]I'll go to him.
[03:00.32]No, that's OK.
[03:01.64]I'll do it.