what to do ...

I was asked on Tuesday if I'd be interested in a paid position at the Hospice. It sort of blew me away and I told them for sure I'd be interested - however, then when I got home and had a bit of quiet and some time, I realized it just wouldn't work with the kids having 10 weeks off school in the summer. It is only 17.5 hours a week but still enough that I'd have to look into camps and stuff and I really don't want them stuck in camps all summer long - to me that is just wrong ... whatever happened to lazy summer days with nothing to do but jump in the pool, ride your bike around the block and play with the other kids in the neighborhood?

So I went back yesterday and told them that despite really being interested in the job (which is totally administrative btw) I just couldn't see how it would work - but they were soo ready for me because the director just said - no problem, you can work from home in the Summer - What the What ... they obviously really want me to work there huh?

So now I have till tomorrow to make a final decision - it is not an easy one for me to make given that Bob is not here that much. What if (when!) one of the little people gets a nasty cold (director told me "work from home" ...) but it is just such a commitment that I wasn't at all prepared for!

But I do think that I'll do it - it will be nice to be paid for the work I do there, I really like the office work I do do there and I really like the people I'll be working with, so it is not that hard of a decision to make.

When the co-ordinator asked me how I felt I said I was honored to be offered the job and she said "don't feel honored - feel proud ... we wouldn't have asked you if we didn't believe you were the perfect person for the job!" Nice one I thought - so now I'm walking around feeling proud - not a feeling I come by very often!

I'll let you know of my final decision - I'm pretty sure what it'll be :)

Bob is on the plane on his way home to us - it will be a quiet weekend ... which is nice as the last two weekends have been totally filled with birthday parties - the kids love it but playing school bus is not my favorite game and the ones who are not invited to the party are not very pleased to be told that it's time to go pick up whomever was invited to the party! Fortunately Nancy and John stopped by for a cup of tea last Sunday and they stayed while I took Anna to her afternoon party!

Not many pictures to show you - I find that with the grey skies the ones that did get taken are not very interesting - here is one though by Maia - self portrait - happy in January!

Thankfully it'll be February soon ...