It has been awhile since I've written anything on this blog; I am still "semi-retired" in my mind, but there has been a change in status, and I now find myself dragging my body out of bed at 6:00 a.m. every morning so I can get to "the office" by 8:00 a.m. and start my day. This unexpected (but not unpleasant) change happened when I agreed to fill in at Creative Office Environments while their front desk person was going out on maternity leave. It seemed like a marriage made in heaven -- an opportunity to keep my skill set sharp and make a little money, to boot. And it would get me out of the house and back into a professional work environment. The work was going to be a piece of cake. Answer phones, greet visitors, create digital signage and prepare a few reports. How bad could it be?
Between September 2009 and March 1, 2010, I worked just a few hours here and there, when the front desk person had doctor appointments, or when they needed someone to fill in. When her baby was born on March 3, I began a "temporary" 40-hour week while she took 10 weeks of maternity leave.
That was more than a year ago, and I am still there. She's not. It's mostly good, but I'm still trying to find some much needed balance in my life. More about that at another time!
