I hereby nominate Kristin for Boss of Everything.

I hereby nominate Kristin for Boss of Everything.

I humbly accept. From here on, no one has to work more than 40 hours a week, we shall all get fabulous health benefits and generous vacation time, and every new employee gets an embroidered, personalized hammock upon signing his or her contract.

Of course, if this boss thing is going to take more than 40 hours a week, then someone else is going to have to share the position with me.

Ima start a club. I'll call it the Hammock Association of Productive People Yawning (HAPPY), and we shall have no meetings because meetings are too stressful, and the only minutes we will care about are the ones spent swaying in the breeze.

This sounds like a fabulous club. As soon as NC dries out I'll apply (and by apply I mean put my feet up and sip lemonade under the trees).

Why on earth should we feel "lazy" because we don't want to work more than 40 hours a week?!? I mean, really, how ridiculous is that?

I know, right!?!? Fortunately, my ingrained worries were not even a reality in this office which is why I'm going to be working there.

Man, I hope it wasn't an elaborate ruse!

Eep. I seem to have an interview in Monterey on Thursday. that is expected to go 10 AM - 3 PM. I've never had a 5 hour interview before. Eep!

Already pining for my hammock.

Eep. I seem to have an interview in Monterey on Thursday. that is expected to go 10 AM - 3 PM.

I had one of those for this job, too! Crazy. I ended up digging it though, you do get a good feel for the place when you're hanging out for that long. It was exhausting, but good.

We're gonna go down Wed. night so I can be less stressed about getting there. And with any luck, we'll get to go to the aquarium after. aso, yay for trip to Monterey, at the very least.

This is a job in a field I hadn't really considered entering, in a city I hadn't thought to live in, but that I think could suit me well. Nervous making.

Good god, I have to think of something to wear.

Congrats, -t! Knock 'em dead! Living in Monterey would be so wonderful! You'd definitely need to join KristinT's club, so you would have plenty of time to play outside with the otters in the bay.

All day interviews are the norm for my profession. At the loftiest ranks, they are often 2 days. The longest I had was at Harvard, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. I knew about 3 p.m. that they were lacking in the sense of humor department, making it unlikely that I wanted to work there.

I once had a job interview to which they responded cautiously--my recruiter said they didn't like that I'd asked about telecommuting on the first call.

Honestly, if they're the sort of company that balks that early about what I consider a viable method of doing my work, I'm not going to gamble an hour+ commute either way that they'll be more comfortable considering it after I've worked there some time.

That's my time, and it's part of my compensation package, shall we say.

American culture is so work-oriented.

I've been trying to write a coherent review of "The Motherhood Manifesto," but I just keep coming back to this, and how stupid it is. People seem to make up work that doesn't need to be done just to stay at work...or make other people stay at work.

Now, I like my job. I mostly like my co-workers. I like going to work. But I like having a life too!

In conclusion, let's make out.