First day off

Today is my first day off work since February 16th. I am happy that I was able to help a couple of friends out by working for them, but it was kind of hard. Now I know all of you that work full time all the time is thinking "What a whiny little girl" but I don't care. My house has gone to pieces and my children have been neglected. The good thing that has come out of this is a firming of my decision to not work full time. In fact, should my job be eliminated due to job cuts, I probably won't look for a replacement position. I realize the toll working takes on my family and it just isn't worth it.

With that said, (or ranted) I still love my job at the school. When I am only there 3.5 hours, I can still manage the other parts of my life. I feel like I am actually doing some good by working with the kids I do. In addition, I get a lot of hugs. Last night we had a stake activity days night, and I had many hugs from girls that I have worked with either at school or at dance. I can honestly say I love each of them.

Oh, and for the deer eating my bird food. He got it again Sunday night. I had moved it into the rock wall hoping he couldn't get to it. Now I am on a mission to find the perfect deer-proof bird food hanging place. Don't worry, I will keep you all posted.

(Good news, I only used the "love" word twice, ok now three times.)