I've been super bogged down at work with Peach Days, mainly our baby contest (that always leaves me feeling hurt and frustrated.) Why? Because everyone who enters wants (expects) to win. This year we had 136 entries! The buildup is fantastic! I get so excited and love seeing all the cute baby pix coming in, then we draw I'm super excited for the baby who wins of course and their family, but I feel sad for everyone who wanted to win... ya know?
It's like the damn Baby Gap contest, every year I think, "NO way am I entering my kids in that again, it just sucks too bad when they lose." But then I get the email and I'm like Whoo-hoo!! Time to enter!!
But ours is a drawing, so really no one should get butt hurt about it, but they do. And some parents take it so personally or seriously. And I put SO MUCH freaking time and effort into it that I start taking it personally when people get butt hurt.
ANYWAY, I digress, from the baby contest part that is.
We also have a Special Section along with our paper, so it's twice the work in half the time. :P I know, I know I'm lucky to have a job, and I'm grateful... it's just this happens every year, right after school starts and right during my first born's birthday!
It would just help if someone said, "hey, loved the paper this week, especially the babies." Then I would think, "Oh see missing out on the weekend with your family has at least one positive upside!" Or if someone said, "it's okay my kid didn't win, I was just glad to see his cute mug in the paper." (yes all the babies pictures go in the paper anyway, and yes, that takes hours upon hours to do.)
Really I think it's the mommy guilt that gets me. It's times like this that I want to just quit and stay home and try to be the mom I had growing up. But she had big shoes to fill.
And I have small feet. :P
PS- The baby that won this year is absolutely gorgeous!!! She was perfect and I'm excited for her and her family, shouldn't we all be?
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