Volunteer Torture
OK, you non-Moms please bear with me or read it as free advice....
There is a leadership position I want to take so desperately in our piano world. I mean, I LOVE a good challenge and this truly is one. HOWEVER - reality check home girl. Did you notice the toddler running around the house? DId you notice how today was Sunday and your glue on nails look like, to use my husband's word, "carnage" on the kitchen table because you napped during toddler's nap? Or, did you fail to notice that other than laundry and a stroller ride, you spent the day hugging and smooching on your baby instead of volunteer work?
Reality check.
So, I had to suck crow or eat crow or whatever, and go back and tell the piano people that I could "assist" a new chair, but I could not BE one. I could do an extra task, yes. But take on an entire event = Dumb. Taking on the event pre-baby - excellent and a fabulous career move. Taking on the event post baby? Stupid and naive, if only seen that way to my husband and me.
It's been 16 months people, but undoing an adult life, at 37 years old, of being a type A, challenge driven person does not come quickly. Learning to play with the baby is my task in life....no let me shorten that. I'm learning to play.
And you know what? It feels good.