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I love my job.  I love it when it gets busy.  My day flies by and it’s the greatest!  I like it when I get stuff, I return it completed in a timely manner and relief shows on the faces of the managers that one more thing has just been crossed off their very long list of things to do before their deadlines.

At home, this doesn’t happen.  I get woken up about 6:00 am to a low constant, “Mommy, mommy, mommy…” that has the potential to escalate into a louder more frantic sounding wail if I don’t hurry.  My day starts and doesn’t stop until my last good night kiss in the evening.  Some days start earlier than others.  Today was one of those days.  The car alarm for my next door neighbor’s teenaged son’s car is set to very sensitive, and since they are the corner house, every time a booming car or bus passes by, his car chirps right outside the mochis’ window.  This morning the street sweeper came by at 5:00, waking up Baby Mochi.  Since it was so early, I did the dishes that I neglected the night before, I took out the trash that G forgot for the first time in the 7 years that we’ve lived in this house, and then I prepared dinner.  Tonight we had tacos so I chopped up the onions, tomatoes and lettuce and browned the beef with the taco mix.  Washed those dishes, too.  Gave the mochis breakfast, dressed them, put up their hair, brushed their teeth and got me put together and we were off.  I dropped them off at school and daycare, went to work, had my busy fun-filled day, and came home to my pre-prepared dinner and was bummed when my morning efforts went unappreciated.  I feel badly for my poor mom who did the same thing for me growing up and we rarely said thanks.  So fishing for a compliment, I asked G if he noticed I took out the trash (I knew he did because he brought the cans back in) and he goes, “Ya, I can’t believe you did it!”  Still no thank you.  *sigh*  Tomorrow is mabo tofu night.  Maybe that’ll go better.

35) Say thank you.  It’s a formality that is probably not practiced enough, but gets noticed by the receiver.  I know this.