Busy as a bee

I’ve been busy at work.

So busy that my boss has asked me more than a few times if there is any possibility of extending my working hours. In short, to be a full time employee and not a part timer, though we had an agreement at the beginning that I shall keep these ‘shorter’ hours for the next few years until Little Bkworm is older!

I put in almost six hours of work each day with no lunch break. But work volume has increased tremendously in the last two weeks (judging from the company's goals this year, it will only get busier!) and trying to finish everything within those hours each day is really getting to me. There have been more than a few occasions when I had to bring work home , just so that I can be ‘free’ to handle new work the following day. Two days ago, my boss came up to me and asked me that question again. Her parting words were very encouraging….. "If you can’t work longer hours, we can’t assign you more work.". Yep, she was THAT encouraging!

I told her that at the moment, I can’t commit to a full day because Little Bkworm is still young and I don’t like the idea of leaving her alone at home after school hours. Her response ? “Get a maid”.

I found her response thoroughly amusing. With only three of us staying in our small apartment, where will I stash this maid? Now why would I need that additional, unnecessary expenditure? I am no corporate high flyer and the salary I earn is, well, something I used to earn about twenty years ago.

Who knows, my boss may decide to get a ‘full timer’ instead and then Bkworm will be back to being ‘unemployed’ again. You’ll know when that happens, if it happens.