If this were my job

I would probably get fired.  A lot of people have asked how the transition to staying at home has gone.  For the most part, great! I get to be home. With my kids.  I saw Shirley roll over for the FIRST time! ME! Not the sitter.  I don't have deadlines, 20 kids to see, reports to write, desks to clean....I can "sleep" in, not get dressed if I choose...I don't really need to go over the perks.  I get to stay home.  But today.  Today was hard.  Just because I don't work doesn't mean everything is easy. It's a given that its a lot easier than if I were working, but some days are still hard.  If staying at home were my job and I was evaluated today my report would look like this:  poor appearance, improper dress attire, bad attitude, lazy, bad attitude, was mean to students (my kids), yelled, short tempered, lack of patience, poor work performance etc.... I was tired. Our house was a mess.  I lost my patience.  I yelled.  I was easily aggravated at things that didn't matter.  I had a bad attitude.   And then I tucked my little man into bed and he told me "I love you so much"  and right then and there I was glad this is my new full time job.  Any other place I would have been chewed out and fired.  But this is my job.  And lucky for me I get to start fresh tomorrow.  See, these kids forgave me, they won't focus on my bad attitude I had today when they wake in the morning. They won't fire me.  They forgave me.  And I am so thankful for that.  here's to a new day...