Life

             Life – It Happens While You Aren't Looking
             Well there I was, it had finally happened, after 20 years of work, kids, husbands, work and more work, I took the plunge and became a full time mother – no more suits, no more company car, no more lunches out discussing the gossip of the computer industry, it was now just me, the dishwasher and a pile of laundry.
             Being on my third marriage, with three kids and at 37 years old I guess it was time to maybe spend sometime at home during daylight hours, so I thought my only way to cope was to grasp the opportunity to gain back my family and throw myself in to the job in hand, no project management, no advice from colleagues, and no lunches to discuss the possible outcome of my new project, just a nervous looking husband, and three very excited children at the prospect of having Mommy be around when they are awake !. I guess the good thing was that I didn't have to spend hours on a report projecting the possible outcome of this new phase of my life, no spreadsheets, no management reports, no endless meetings full of yawning managers and strong coffee, just a head on leap in to the unknown, so with no safety net or contingency plan, in I go.
             Now there is an old saying that the secret of comedy is timing, so is having your first week of full time motherhood fall just as Winter Break begins considered comedy? I guess the least you can do is laugh about it. In my wisdom (before I realized that I would in any way become involved in a hands on way) I signed the kids up for soccer training for the week of winter break, at great idea at the time, when I thought that someone else would take and collect them, and I would be safely in London in a boardroom somewhere laughing with the guys and discussing sales figures and strategies, not such a great idea in hindsight when the first day of training came around, and there they were, two little faces looking at me to...

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