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Birthday Leave

Written on July 27, 2011 by WAHMy Sam in Bloggies, Work at Home

I never imagined that I would miss having a yearly “birthday leave” from work. The company I used to work for before I became a mom offered all its employees a one-day off during their birthdays, though you are required to take it on the exact day of your birthday. This is one leave that can’t be scheduled nor is it transferable when the birthday falls on a weekend.

For this year, I’m still spending my birthday at home, still doing the chores and trying to get some work online. I guess it’s the downside of being a WAHM, you can’t really just say you want to take a break or apply for a leave. I don’t regret being a WAHM but there are days when I just wish I could go out and spend on myself. Gone were the days when I still get the same salary regardless if I did some extra work, or getting the same salary even if I didn’t show up for work on some days. Now everything I earn, I earn the hard way. Every minute, every hour is counted, is priced and is paid.

All in all it’s all good because the biggest and highest price I have received so far from being a WAHM is that I get to spend the whole day with my little girl. Even though I’m in front of my PC, I still hear her, see her play… watch her grow. That for me is the most precious, the most value there could ever be from being a WAHM.

Summer Retreat

Written on July 27, 2011 by WAHMy Sam in Uncategorized

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Summer is over here in our country but for my friends on the other side of the world, Summer is at it’s peak and Fall has yet to come. How I wish that our summer is their kind of summer, that even though the temperature is way too hot, the air won’t be as humid as what we have here.

I remember when we were kids, we used to go to the Summer Capital of the country because even if the temperature in the city is in it’s high 30s (Celsius), the air is cooler and fresher up there. It’s been a long time since I”ve gone back there and I miss the smell of fresh pine. I miss our yearly family retreat in my late father’s company-owned cabin. It was such a treat to stay in a cabin because it’s so different to what we’re so used to in the city. Even their furniture and accessories are interesting because it’s something new.

Now that I kind of recall our experiences there, I wonder where I can find some great discount cabin decor that I can use at home. Being a WAHM, I’ve somehow lost track of maintaining a home, like a housewife. I’ve been pursuing a career from home that these cabin decor will always make me remember the happy times, that sometimes a happy retreat can be spent in the comfort of one’s home.