Day 26: Payback

I decided to take this topic literally, and split it into two words. Pay back.  :)

This week officially ends my 'part-time' status at the firm.  It's been nearly three years since I have collected a full paycheck.  I felt a little forced to go part-time after I had Austin; it was basically the only way I could keep my sanity and get a little bit of a reprieve from a crazy hectic schedule at my job.  There were many times that I worked more than my respective % and didn't get paid for it.  But there's nothing I can do about that now, but get over it. So here I am now, in my new gig, which seems to be going okay for the most part. And next week I will officially be considered 'full-time' again.  Since I came into this new role two months ago, I decided to stay part-time a little longer, to ease myself into everything and figure out what the heck I was doing. And I was able to have Friday's off.  Every single one, which was fantastic. And unlike before, I now got to put an out-of-office reply on my email and actually not be expected to respond and enjoy my time off. What a concept! It was kinda surreal.  I have loved my Fridays; now they're gone. But it's time to put my big girl panties on and get back to it!

But I will definitely be getting my pay back from KPMG. Let's just say that it's a substantial amount of extra money that will make our lives easier. And Jordan has plans for it.......involving fixing up Ol' Red. I have other plans for it......a new Tahoe for me. And Hawaii next summer. :)