The past few months.

It's been interesting these past few months being at home. Once I finally got a job offer I was able to enjoy the last three weeks of the three months I was off and really be a stay at home mom, which truth be told, I'd do in a minute if I could. Yes, I did get bored at times, and I grew weary of hearing "Hey Mom" and then nothing and hearing yet another Titanic story that went like "Hey Mom, what if when the Titanic sank it.....". I also did cringe a bit when I heard dear hubby almost bragging about the fact that he hadn't done laundry in a long time (he's been very good about thanking me but still I didn't love hearing it), but overall, it beats going to an office every day. Picking the kids up from school, and being able to take time to do homework with them was much more fun than cramming it in on the weekend and arguing about the benefit of doing it all on the weekend so that the weekdays could be enjoyed. I also didn't love going to the gym after dropping the CHF at school. I had to be in the gym with a bunch of other women and wait to use the blow dryer and even the showers at the gym. Some people think I'm completely out of my mind for getting up at 4:30 to be at the gym by 5:00 but there are some huge benefits: It's quiet, no one is trying to hit on anyone at that hour, I never have to wait for equipment and I get to feel a sick sense of pride when the topic of working out comes up and I share that little part of myself.

For those of you stay at home moms who think they just can't read another story, wipe another face, make another sandwich, do another load of laundry, eat another piece of soggy cracker off your kid's face, think of me...I'm now driving only 27 miles to work but unless I go at 6:30 a.m.(which I did this a.m.), it takes me about an hour to get there (this a.m. only about 45 minutes). I no longer have the luxury of skipping a shower if I'm pressed for time, or wearing a baseball hat. I have to dress like a grown up in uncomfortable clothes and even more uncomfortable (but super cute) shoes. Once I get there I get the pleasure of sitting in a 5 X 8 cubicle (it's probably actually smaller), trying to figure out how to work the new system. Don't get me wrong, I know how incredibly lucky I am to have a job and to have found one so quickly after being laid off. I know, I truly am lucky, I don't want to sound ungrateful, but having been on the other side of the fence recently, the grass truly is greener on that side.

Anyway....I'm back at work and will likely be posting more frequently now that I'm pressed for time, so thank you Martie for telling me I have a fan club :-).