Argh!

Argh! This is the best word I can use to describe how I'm feeling right now. It was the Mr's birthday yesterday and of course his parents visited. All was fine, they were late as usual but that's ok it was a special occasion so I'd allowed Ethan to stay up a little later than usual. They arrived, we chatted, we drank tea and Ethan pretended he was the roadrunner (beep beep). It was ok. Once Ethan was in bed (Helena was already asleep as she couldn't keep her eyes open before they arrived) it started. They have decided to pay for new sofas for our joint birthday present. That's great but considering the reason our current sofa is broken thanks to a certain little boy who thought he was superman, I'm a little put off by the idea. Our sofas are used a lot and not just for sitting. They are used to walk the plank, for napping on, as a base away from the lava floor and the odd accident happens on them too. We don't have the funds to put towards new sofas because we are paying off our very overdue wedding. Both kids are at the age where sofas are nothing more than playthings and will take a beating. I'm ok with that. It doesn't bother me if people come over and see our broken sofa. At the end of the day it was broken making memories. That's the most important part. We have decided to give in though as we feel we have no choice and I'm fed up at being nagged at by my 'soon to be' in laws. 

The other thing that was mentioned is my job again! This always comes up. For some reason they feel the need to job hunt for me. I'm not job hunting myself. I currently work more hours over the weekends then I did when my availability was 6 days a week. It works well for us. Both of us are at home of an evening to put the kids to bed. We can eat together, I'm not coming home after 10pm to eat my tea then go to bed after not seeing or talking to the Mr all day and this going on all week. My wages have increased and the biggest reason not for me to go anywhere at the moment is I'm enjoying my job. I love working weekends. I love seeing kids come to watch their first film and all the excitement that goes with it. I've always worked customer service roles. Sure I moan about the general public, there are some people that really need to check themselves before entering the building but I love the characters I come face to face with. I've met some lovely people in my job. One lady told me that when I go home to kiss my children and cherish them. I didn't know this lady and I've not seen her since but I did what she said. There's an autistic boy that comes in most weekends and he's such a darling. He always tells you a random fact when you see him. I look forward to him coming in as he brightens my day. 

Sometimes I think about working in an office environment but I think I'd miss the public. I've had two jobs in 9 years. I obviously don't feel the need to change jobs. I don't know what it is with my in laws deciding for me that I need to change my job. 

If I decide to change jobs in the near future I'm sure I'll let my in laws know but currently I'm happy where I am.