This Gig Pays In Hugs And Kisses

I have two hours until my job interview. I haven't done this in a long time. I am a little rusty. I woke up this morning wondering if getting this job would somehow deminish my Supermom status. I think it does. I think it kicks me down a level from full-time, devoted, 24/7/365 mom to average working, leaving the kids, part-time, not quite 24/7/365, you may or may get tucked in by me mom. I don't know how my brain is handling that. I tried to explain the whole concept to Hope. All she really got from it was that if our family has more money then I can buy her more toys, so she will need a bigger toy basket. STAT.

Then on the other hand, my youngest baby is four. How much longer did I think I could get away with being just the devoted mommy, maid, accounts receivable, accounts payable, collections negotiator, schedule coordinator, general manager, teacher and the always there, always color coordinated, satin and lace trimmed attentive wife? Yeah, it was too good to be true, eh?

Now if I don't get hired I can always look back at this post and see how busy and fullfilling my daytime career choice has been for me for the past ten years and not get too awfully self-pitying and wonder what was so wrong with me that I can't even get a job answering phones. I love my first job the most. It is the most important job in the whole world.

Posted by gwendolyn on July 23, 2003 at 03:29 PM