Checking Out: Maui Style

I totally checked out for two weeks. I haven’t done that in 20 years – seriously 20 years. In this business it’s hard to totally walk away but this time I did - I ignored work completely. I focused on my family, our friends in Maui, playing in the water in Maui and totally enjoying life. It was fabulous! I came back re-energized - I was happy to be back recruiting! After 24 years recruiting - I was reminded of that via LinkedIn – ugh! - I think I needed a few weeks off to just fall off the work wagon and get refreshed. If you have the time to take, I highly recommend it! Go plan a vacation!!! 

Mom Fail

My son asked me to bake some cookies for his half birthday at elementary school. He has a summer birthday so being able to have a half birthday is a big deal. He was excited and asked me to make my “famous” chocolate chip cookies. I’ve been baking these cookies since I was a kid so it’s not rocket science – normally not rocket science. It turned out it was rocket science! It was way too much for me to do after work, dinner, laundry, homework assistance etc. It was a complete debacle- total loss - a big FAIL. Give the mommy an F.

Somehow during the process and all the help I was getting, we ended up putting an extra cup of flour into the mix. The cookie dough was more like a hockey puck then a cookie. Sadly, the big batch of dough went in the trash.

I ended up at the local bakery at 7:45 a.m. before school started to pick up sugar cookies for his party. It all ended up being OK and my son entertained his teacher with our antics – I got a funny email from her today telling me that we are hilarious. I have to agree. It just goes to show that that work life balance everyone is always talking about is never easy – for me it doesn’t exist. It’s the 60/40 or 70/30 or the 90/10 days that I have accepted. There is no 50/50 and no chance of perfection. There are just days where you attempt a cookie and make a hockey puck! But those days are great memories.