The Mom Chronicles
Jan. 18th, 2010 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
przedTalked to my mom last night. Here's an excerpt of that conversation.
Mom: I did my own dishes today.
Me: What?!
Mom: I was talking to Ida. She had her knee done last year, and she said she did her own dishes. I figured if she could do it, so could I.
Me: Oh dear god...
At least she seems not to have done any damage. And I suppose more activity isn't a bad thing. As long as she doesn't do anything too, um, dumb.
In other news, I've just completed my first phone interview this morning. The job sounds interesting, but they're pretty adamant that I be willing to fully commit to the 75% to 100% travel thing. And when I asked if that meant I wouldn't be home on weekends, the best the HR person could come up with was "Let's assume you'll be home weekends." Not comforting.
I have to get back to the interviewer tomorrow with my decision on whether I want to go forward with the interview process. I'm trying to weigh the "I want a job!" panic against the desire to actually see my daughter grow up. ::sigh::
Mom: I did my own dishes today.
Me: What?!
Mom: I was talking to Ida. She had her knee done last year, and she said she did her own dishes. I figured if she could do it, so could I.
Me: Oh dear god...
At least she seems not to have done any damage. And I suppose more activity isn't a bad thing. As long as she doesn't do anything too, um, dumb.
In other news, I've just completed my first phone interview this morning. The job sounds interesting, but they're pretty adamant that I be willing to fully commit to the 75% to 100% travel thing. And when I asked if that meant I wouldn't be home on weekends, the best the HR person could come up with was "Let's assume you'll be home weekends." Not comforting.
I have to get back to the interviewer tomorrow with my decision on whether I want to go forward with the interview process. I'm trying to weigh the "I want a job!" panic against the desire to actually see my daughter grow up. ::sigh::
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Date: 2010-01-18 03:26 pm (UTC)You know your mom and my mother-in-law would probably get on very well!
The idea of that kind of travelling sounds horrendous to me. But no one but you and sweetie can make that kind of decision. I know, but I remember the 'panic' feeling the three times I was made redundant.
I hope you don't mind me saying this and it's totally without knowing your situation in any way, beyond what you share here, the only bit of advice/ I can give is unless you really, really, really, really have to, don't rush into something and grab the first job just because it's a job.
Good vibes for the decision making.
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Date: 2010-01-19 01:55 am (UTC)As for the job, the more I think about it, the more horrendous it sounds. Too bad, because the actually training part sounds right up my alley.
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Date: 2010-01-19 12:35 pm (UTC)To me it sounds horrendous and with your lovely daughter . . .