So, after much thrashing around,

& moaning about

& trying to make it all work,

the boy & I sat down and decided it was beyond us to do it all.

The house was getting away from us, the cooking & everything domestic related was just depressing us.

So we searched around & got ourselves names of domestic help.

You know that feeling when you get home and unzip your fav boots that you've been wearing all day. While you love the way you look in it & the power it gave you, nothing comes close to when you wiggle your toes out of them & into a warm foot bath. Oh joy!

That's how we feel after making the decision.

Suddenly the skies were clearer, our minds were freer & all really was beginning to get right with the world.

And now we feel a new joy when we do things domestic because we are not weighed down by the enormity of it all.

Yesterday, we braved the slightly chilly weather :) to do some grilling, and we were buoyed enough to try out a spinach & chickpeas tapas.

Joy, sunshine & kitty kats!

As for work, after my 'whatifIfallflatonmyface' moment, I looked around, did some introspecting, went online and now I am ok.

Yes, this team rather intimidates me.

they are young, and smart and just seem to have it all together.

But like the boy & the besties say - so do we!

Happy smiles & glee!

And

if I were being honest with myself, the reason my other jobs were (a) a breeze is because I had succeeded in the low bars that were set for me & (b) which may be the reason why I never tried at all, or got very far since there wasn't anywhere to get.

So, I shall not be bested by the weird outpourings of my brain.

Moving on.

I love that the new position has given me an excuse to shop.

And have engaging conversations with smart women.

Even though I work in an industry for which personally I have no regard, I am glad we work in the side that has no connection with the nitty grittiness of it. & that I work with women.

There is such an abundance of female leadership in this company that I am surprised they don't get an award for it.

love it! as the new boss says. She sounds a bit Helen Madden, licensed joyologist about it.

I love it! love it! love it!

In my alternate universe, Molly Shannon Tina Fey, Anna Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Cheri Oteri, Kristen Wiig, are at it together on SNL