Household Manager

I was chatting online with one of my best friends the other day and she told me that another company wants to hire her as the new HR Manager. I was so happy to hear the news because I know that for the longest time, she's been stressed with her job. I congratulated her and told her that I am so glad that her time to really refresh her life has finally come.

"You can bid the trash place (that's what we call her office because of all the junk=heartaches=problems she gets from the place) goodbye!"
And I continued, "I miss the old days.
When there were not many complications.
When we could go out to eat or see a movie even if the only money we had left in our pockets was enough for a ride home.
Student life was just so amazing.
We were so relaxed.
We had so much freedom.
Not like now, there are just a lot of concerns.

With great power comes great responsibilities, yes?"
We both laughed.

She remained quiet, as if thinking about the changes that she'll soon embrace when she starts with the new company.
I told her, "A manager's mind is always after the long term welfare of the business, whatever that is.
Now that we are managers, we should always be careful."

After saying that, I thought for a moment that maybe my friend's internet got disconnected. Then my phone started to ring and it was her. She was screaming on top of her lungs.
"Why did you not tell me you are working again?"
And she added, "How could you keep a promotion like that from us, your best friends? I can't wait until the rest of the girls hear about this".

Her mouth was like emitting lightning, faster than sound. I never got the chance to say anything until my ear drums were swollen. When she calmed down, I explained. "I told you all about these! You were just not listening. I've been promoted as the Manager of our Household! Yes, I have a full time work and I think I finally found my career! Who said I put my college degree into nothing when I quit my job? Being a Household Manager is not as easy as most people believe it is. They don't have a clue.

Mothers are managers.
And as long as their hearts beat, no worldwide crisis of any form will let the business down.

All she muttered was "O yeah, right. I miss my mom. Hey, is it mother's day yet?"

And we both laughed again.

P.S.
Household managers are not always mothers. They can be fathers in some cases. Be it a father or a mother, the job stays the same.... Tough but always splendid and thrilling.

i am a full time mom and i love it

i am a full time mom and i soooooo love it! it's just so great i can't wait to write about it. there's so much to learn, so much to share. there's just a lot.

i am a full time mom of a healthy charming baby boy who just turned 1 year and 4 months. i was working when i realized that what i really want is to spend time with my baby (and my other babies in the future) and my lovely husband. i gave up my career for one that's more challenging BUT FULLFILLING. yes, i said it's challenging... it really is! (this challenging part i did not realize until i had a taste of it... i bet those who gave me a "no" advice on quitting my job are raising their eyebrows now. hah!!). but, did you notice i was on caps lock when i said the BUT?

here is a list of the few things which hit me when finally i had a taste of being a full time mom:
1. i lost the right to complain about not having enough sleep.. yes, this is on top of the list. sleeping was the only reason i'd give up a yummy snack!! can you imagine how difficult it was? hehehe.
2. i started to work for a very young boss... my baby. and this young boss is more demanding than my previous bosses. he will start screaming if i don't move fast (like when he needs to be fed. hahaha). this is not covered by any labor law or something.
3. no money ever came out of my atm account... my payroll atm account. bye to the "buying without thinking" days.

there's a lot more i think that i should add on the list above. but everything comes sweet every time i see the real reason why i love to do this. i know deep inside me that i should share it to all moms... and dads... and kids.. to everybody.

one very important thing that i found out was that i have plenty of time. i always thought that there's not enough time no matter how hard i try to budget it. i was wrong. i realized that the more time i spend in doing things that are "BIG", the more time i have left for all the other things that i want to do. you puzzled now?