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A friendly reminder; a tattoo I should carve on my forehead- backwards- so that I can see it in the mirror every morning; especially on Mondays.

Speaking of… I’m back to work this  Monday after many, many months in laid-off limbo.  Time to reflect…

- I am thankful for the time off to reacquaint myself with my kids — and myself.

- I am free of the bitterness I held towards the small-minded dweebs who sucked-up to the man in the old cubicle ghetto.

- I am fortunate for the dear friends that found me in the old cubicle ghetto.

- I am grateful that our President supported extended benefits for the unemployed and horrified at those who opposed him.

- I am proud of my resilience and relieved that you don’t actually grow testicles or hair on your chest when you face adversity with intestinal fortitude.

- I will miss wearing flip flops everyday and secretly watching The View on occasion.

- Stay-at-Home-Mom is the toughest job in the world and I secretly suck at it.

- I can’t wait to listen to “All Things Considered” in the car on my way home from work.

- I am so glad  that I don’t settle.

- I won’t be afraid to say No when I need to, or leave the office before anyone else does, or feel like a bad mother when I must work late.

- I will continue to speak my mind, shut up when I need to, listen more, stand up for people who are treated like shit, expose the slackers, stifle the know-it-all wind-bags, pick my battles wisely and pass out Blow Pops during boring conference calls.

- I appreciate hard work and really smart people.

- I will continue to elicit inappropriatel fits of laughter in the workplace and invite the socially awkward to try poses from my Office Yoga book.

- I will not kiss-up, suck-up or dumb-down.

- I will enjoy each beautiful day. Even Mondays…