I must be expressing myself poorly these days Lenora, because it doesn't feel like I'm handling anything very well at all!! I think Becky's comment is a beauty though - when things seem hard, just remember that nothing is tougher than dealing with my two. Espcially DS! If I can juggle those two anybody else should be a breeze!

I have done the office - it is officially an EX-office. That'd be the one that DH is no longer paying for, not this one. I haven't yet turned this room into an ex-office thoug I suppose if someone handed me some explosives at the wrong time...

and I handled that by crawling into bed and napping all afternoon. My excuse this time, and I'm always prepared with a fresh new excuse, was that I'm expecting some phone calls in the middle of the night. My FIL's operation is 11am tomorrow, Singapore time. That'd be 3am my time, and I think DH is beginning to show signs of strain, since he was the offspring dealing with this the last couple of weeks. My SIL sent me a phone message just before she got on her flight a couple of hours ago - she arrives a little before 6am their time, so DH will be cllecting her. Hopefully her presence will help DH since the two of them are fairly close. Either way I'll be surprised if he doesn't call me at least once while they're operating and again when it's finished to tell me how it went. But okay, I hadn't really planned on the nap lasting for more than an hour - certainly not nearly 4hrs!!!

I know I can do this, I really do, and I know I can ask for help when I start to have difficulties (before I make a real mess!). This is definitely one of the disadvantages of moving straight from home to university to marriage and motherhood at a young age. I survived temping though - I'd go into all sorts of unfamiliar places, smile, make new friends, make myself very welcome and then move on. If an introvert like me can do that (ok, Dad was shoving a bit!) I can probably handle most things.

I do think that this is one good reason why Honey is very wise to have a sort of slow slide back into the real world, beginning with a short course and a longer course, before flinging herself into full-time work. Hopefully when the time comes she'll be even better prepared.

Time to follow Jana's instructions and get my approximate job scope on paper in a fair amount of detail so I know exactly what to expect!

Kerri.