January 5 - Square

5^th January heralded back to work for a majority of us, myself included.  From the races yesterday to work today I’ll admit it was a bit of a downfall.  Not that I dislike work, far from it. But if there was a choice between sitting in the sun watching ponies run and drinking, or wearing my PJ's all day and slobbing on the lounge as opposed to going to work, NO BRAINER. 

Photo of the day called for a square, easy enough as I found myself longingly looking at the leave calendar that was covered in them, none of the little suckers bearing my name.  Bastards. 

Anyway...  I’m not a particularly career orientated person.  This is quite a conundrum as nor am I maternal. According to society (or the various Dolly and Cleo quizzes I took as a teen) I was meant to fall firmly in one camp or the other.  When you say you are forty and don’t have children I think people expect me to say I have been busy becoming an international human rights lawyer,  or certainly something more impressive that what I’m currently doing which is working as a temp at the local council here in a town of a few thousand. 

Woops. Me bad.  

Okay so I have done a few things more impressive than that in the past but nothing earth shattering (like an International human rights lawyer ala Mr Darcy in Bridget Jones Diary) but I have never felt the need to climb the career ladder like so many others have.  Mind you I don’t have a head for heights anyway, probably fall off the fecking thing. 

It does leave you in a pickle though when you don’t fit neatly in a slot that society likes to place you. Married? Errr no. Children? Errrrr no. Oh so you are a career woman then? Errrrr sorry not that either. Oh you must have had a wildly exciting life travelling the world on a whim having passionate affairs with latin lovers no doubt.  (Okay I made the latin lovers part up, no one has asked actually asked me that - wish they would, I would make up a great yarn) but some have assumed I’ve travelled broadly.  I didn’t settle down till I was in my early thirties and spent many happy, no wait, many FREAKING AWESOME years single, but actually I never left Australia. I did do a lot of travelling around that wide brown land though. But I don’t tick the exotic flit around the world box either.   

Actually thinking of boxes that is also a square so I really am fulfilling this days photo challenge brief of “square”.  There is a lot more to say on the children / career subject no doubt, but right now I have to cook dinner (in another twist, apart from the lack of maternal instinct thing, I would have made a great 50’s housewive as I adore cooking, cleaning and making a home, no this is not a joke. Ask any close friend). I also have to upload my boring square photo for the day.

So here we go, hope we all go forth and continue to make our own boxes to tick. Why tick someone else’s when you can make your own.

Look I warned you it was boring...