about the midnight feast..... very apt around here too.....

I wish i would win the lottery but i never have time to go shopping these days. sigh........ oh well, i am hoping luck will go my way and a quick but i think i will keep working until i cant see my toes standing up (i think thats a good goal for myself ha ha)....anyways how the hell can i run around a construction site like that???? my boss promised me an office job (he forgot to mention that its a porta cabin on site grrrrrrrrrrrr)

I've just handed in my resignation and I'm scared sh*tless! My job is well paid, health benefits, pension etc etc. We're TTC, but I won't really miss the maternity leave, it's pants anyway... in Switzerland women are not expected to return to work once they've had a child. Actually, even when I announced my engagement someone said "oh, so you'll be leaving us then?"!

Well, i would say its a positve move for you and life has a funny way of working out.....i too am not going to take maternity from my company - in fact i am hoping to take time off after 3 or so months after as my job is so stressful........ i just hope it doenst prevent me from falling pg in the first place.....

I hear you on that, I feel that I'm so negative at work that it can't help TTC, and I know that I'm very lucky that with DH salary we're in a position where I can take a part-time, or just not so stressful, job and we'll still be ok.

What do you guys do?

I guess I am the same but in my profession its full time or not. I am contracted for 4 days a week but am now assigned to another project and it looks like i need to be there 5 days (and i work sundays already to make deadlines - so will have to really think hard in the next few months what to do).....

I work in economics, preparing publications, let's just say I was looking for something with a little bit more creative flair! Plus for 6 months of the year I can't go away at weekends, take no holidays and work ridiculous hours on a project, grrrr. But living here choice is limited (ie I need to work somewhere English speaking). DH is a pilot. Luckily he can be based anywhere in Europe so moving's not a problem, and when I go to the UK I'm looking for something in marketing.

well, i would enjoy this time off, get plenty of excercise and have lots of and try to have a mistake ha ha

i used to really love my job and my boss. And i am starting to dread going back to work, not because i dont want to leave callum. Every week there seems to be some different condition to me going back. At first i wanted to go back 3 days a week (10am-3pm) so i wouldnt miss out on too much. I was told i WOULD NOT be able to do that and keep my position as supervisor!!! Then they decide well actually i can go back 3 days, which i thought was GREAT!!!.

Then i mentioned to one of my colleagues that i would quite like to work 3 days (mon - fri) and sunday (i hate sundays). She has totally got the wrong end of the stick and told my boss that i wanted to come back for 3 days which would include a sunday!!! not what i said at all.

My boss has then rang me and said that if i wanted to keep my position as supervisor and the higher wage then i couldnt do this!!! and told me not to talk about this to the girls at work!! Honestly my head is done in with it and i am filled with dread at the thought of going back to work and if it wasnt for the fact that we NEED the money i would tell them to stick their job where the sun dont shine!!!

just out of personal experience, the more responsibilty i get the worse i feel. i am sure you are like me, not THAT career focused so why not take a demotion (and a pay cut) just to shift the stress. then you both win and you will feel more into working (without the pressure and guilt)

:-)