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Why not after all - if you can do anything - you should always do it to the best of your ability.  My team has won another $1000 incentive, which is pretty cool.  Once again we are to put it toward some sort of team bonding excercise - hopefully before the restructure in a few weeks.

I also got a pleasant surprise when my boss told me that I had earned a Westfield voucher - a little added bonus that I will put toward making MaxiMe and myself look nice at work.  Dress to impress - you never know who you might meet in a days work.

MicroMe is loving his move up to the toddler room at 'school'.  He has just started KindaDance as well.  His teacher told me he is very enthusiastic - no surprise, he is that way inclined about life in general!

Well MicroMe is in transition to the toddler room at 'school' and we have all received a fairly substantial, and unexpected pay rise at work.  It feels like we deserve it too, as the work is more complex and does require a lot more effort and knowledge to get done on a daily basis than before.  I am toying with the idea of taking on another day, however I still haven't sat down and worked out the financial pros and cons - plus I have yet to receive a confirmed offer from work.

After putting work off 6 months longer than originally planned, then returning half as many days as planned, I finally returned with little enthusiasm, and a lot of apprehension...  The company was really patient, and the only pressure I felt about having time off when bubs was sick, was the pressure I put on myself.

Well, it has been nearly one year, and I can look back and say it wasn't a bad one at all.  I landed up in a very fun, smart team, with an extremely supportive boss and 2 up.  We have had a pirate cruise, a bowling party, a black and white masquerade ball at the Hilton, and I missed out on some of the other stuff we did. 

I passed my assessment, and got a $1000- bonus, and our team just won $1000 for a sales incentive, and are throwing a big party for ourselves next week. 

Along with rugby, and winning the grand final for the Sydney Women's Premiership, I can say it wasn't a bad year after all, for a boring old mum like myself!  While everyone else looks forward to Christmas, I am looking forward to the New Year, making plans and setting goals... If this is how good motherhood can be flying by the seat of your pants - I'm keen to add a little purpose to the mix to see what I can achieve.

I want my baby to be proud of his Mumma - cos she sure is proud of him!

My little bubba blue was up crying half the night and spent a few hours settling with us in our bed.  He likes to sleep draped over my face and dribbling down my neck.  If I move he goes crazy and kicks his feet - that isn't so bad as he kicks Stephen (hehehe).

We thought he might be ok to go to 'school' this morning, however he has a scratchy throat from howling like a banshee last night, a nose that is oozing kryptonite, he is roasty warm, and most disagreeable.  He wouldn't eat his weetbix or bananas on toast, so he is now ensconced on his sick bed picking apart a sandwhich and glaring at me.  If I go out of his sight he gets super cranky, if I try to pick him up he kicks up a storm and acts like he is possessed.

As it is Monday, I have to get a Doctors certificate to be off work, and I would take him anyway, as I think he may have his ear infection back.  I can't get in to our GP until tomorrow and I want to see him because he has Jaydees history of his last two sets of antibiotics etc.  Work are pretty cool with it, however the reason I work on Monday and Tuesday is because they are the busiest days.  More days paid for at day care when we aren't there, and I really think I have done my dash of sick days paid.  It isn't as if we are much better off with me working, so I need to work out our finances again and make some more decisions. 

I am thinking that if I am eligible to study, I might do that instead, I think it would be more financially viable if I can get assistance.  Half my pay now goes to daycare, and as of the next tax year, I will be working a full year, so we get half our family tax benefit and less childcare assistance - if any.  I have a feeling it is going to work out that is is practically pointless for me to work.  What a crock, I like working, and Jaydee likes day care, however I don't like working for practically nothing, and paying for care we don't use much.

I have also been wondering what people pay for home care - I will check the list at the local council.  I want to get ahead, not panic every time a window envelope arrives in the mail!

It also occurs to me from observing his niggly behaviour and glassy eyed look that some of his little friends look like that at day care quite a lot - most of the time in fact.  What kind of irresponsible people take their kids out like that - let alone to somewhere they can spread their germs to other kids - especially my kid!  They are the same parents who don't put a hat and coat on their child to go back and forth to the car, even though they are wearing big coats themselves.  I know that I try to be community spirited toward other parents, however that is plain ignorant, and lazy, especially in the evenings, and in the weather we have been having.

Just when you finish all the house and yard work, you think you can relax a little.  Then you realise it's 5:30 on a Sunday and by the time you feed, bath and have storytime it's almost your bed time and it's work again tomorrow! No!  I wish the weekends wouldn't go so fast and I could just do something like go camping.  Doing that would mean neglecting the house and yard!  I hate working, it really does give you less time to enjoy life but without it we would have no life.  Grr, so frustrating!

I feel shattered and it's only 4 in the afternoon! The twins and Jake have been up since 6am (and it's very cold and dark at that time) while Dan had his lie in. He and I take it in turns on the weekend and one of us gets up and looks after all 3 kids while the other one can stay in bed til 10am. It's his turn today and I'm normally not fussed except that this week i have had to work til nearly 7pm three nights and so I feel I have had almost not time out, if you know what i mean! He' s just taken them all to the park for an hour or so and i thought that would be a good time to jump on the laptop and see what's going on on Minti!

I hope someone else is interested in chatting on the subject of working Mums and i'm suprised there hasn't already been a group with that name. I know i'm not the only working Mum - particularly as I have my own business and we work with a lot of other Mums with their own businesses....come out, come out where ever you are!!!