If I Quit Working
I have a long day yesterday and I wasn’t happy with some of the expectation my boss has of me, especially when I’d worked so hard. I told the girls when we came back from the park, and here is the gist of our conversation.
Me : Mummy got scolded by mummy’s boss, mummy want to stop working already
Zara : It’s ok. You can do something you are good at. Like baking. You can sell your cakes and pastries.
Me : Oh, but baking doesn’t give mummy as much money. We’ll have less money to spend. Maybe we need to sell our house now and move to a smaller house.
Zara : *eyes turned wide* Move to a smaller house?…. And then…. (calculating) you have to get a smaller car as well…..? And there’ll be less food….?
Me : Ya, I think so.
Zaria : *eyes turned wide now* And go to a school with no aircon?
Me : Yup. You have to go to a kindergarten with no aircon.
Zara & Zaria : I don’t want.
Zara : You should continue working. When your boss scold you, treat it like it’s not important, and just do your work.
Me : But it’s difficult.
Zara : You told me not to quit piano when it gets difficult. So you should not quit also.
Me : *Moan*
Zara : (imagination run wild) I don’t want to move to a shed in the jungle. I don’t like scorpions, and mosquitos…….Sigh.. Sometimes I wish I just turned to something that cannot move and think.
Me : You want to be a statue?
Zara : Ya.. then I don’t have to worry about all these. o.O”
These girls are so worried about having to change their lifestyle if I quit working.
hahaha this is super funny
LOL! They’ve wild imaginations!
they are really amazing lah! hahaha… gosh, so cute!
haha!
Ha ha….really funny! I like the “when boss scold, treat it like it’s not important, just do your work part”. 😉
Nevermind daddy make more money…hahaha. Good to have your gals sharing your sad moments and talk about it!
Kindergarten with air con? Time sure has changed.
Tell her there’s no reason to keep Zara when she turns into a statue. 😛
Hahhaha … she’s good!! So you’d better follow her advice. She knows what she’s saying. 🙂
yes…just treat it like it’s not important. i like zara’s advice. 🙂
hahaha I wanna see her try to be a statue.
Hang in their momma.
Wow….very wild imagination ….
Your girl can be your good advisers for now and future. Their ways of thinking can immediately switch when the situation affects them. They are indeed very smart.
they are really too smart. Good to have 2 smart girls helping you as you “grow”, hahaha
I had the same conversation with my elder girl, and her immediate concern was having to stop her art/dance/music/piano classes. So she’d rather I continue working too. Haiya!
Wishing you good luck getting a new job
gosh… I feel like talking to a close friend. The girls are now becoming your mentor. hahaha….