Blessed

I have worked at my job for over 8 years now. It is very easy to take this for granted. Even whine and complain about it at times. Even have that dramatic "I Quit" moment played out in your head, the one where you spout your gripes, people stand jaw dropped and then you sashay out the door. Really I think I've had that mental image maybe once in my tenure here, for the most part I love my job. I really do. And yet it is so easy to take it for granted.

The other day I was in town returning library books, late of course. I ran into a Mom I know. Her youngest just started Kindergarden this year, leaving her home alone. That meant, for her, time to go back to work. I asked how her search was going. Not so good she told me. It is not easy to find something with Mother's Hours, something that will accomodate snow days and sick days and vacations and the big one, summer. So she was still looking and feeling a bit discouraged.

It got me thinking about how blessed I am to have my job. I work from home 90% of the time. I go in when I want. I do my hours for the most part when I want. I am appreciated, thanked and never feel taken for granted. I have the most wonderful boss. Ever. Really. My job allows me to attend appointments, school events, sick children, soccer games, etc. I get 5 weeks paid vacation and we are almost always given the week between Christmas and New Years off with pay as a bonus week. Not bad for a part time gig.

It made me really stop and be thankful for it. A lot of Moms would love a set up like this job and I know that in the part time job world they are few and far between. Like anything when you have something in your life for a while it is so easy to get complacent about it and not look at it each day and say "Thank you! This is such a wonderful thing in my life". I am trying to do that more often.

Off to another soccer game in a little bit. Saturdays=soccer in the fall.