February 9

On a given day, I spend an hour in the morning getting myself and my family ready and to school. Eight and a half hours in and out of this cubicle. Three hours getting the family home, fed, bathed and to bed.
Looking at my 365 blog, you notice that the way I spend the majority of time is not represented here. Two reasons for that: 1. I try to photograph the best parts of my life. 2. I want this project to show, when all said and done, what was most important to me. Who influences my life, and how my family gets through the weeks that make up a year.
I don't hate my job, but it is hard for me to see the real value in what I do day to day. It is something that I have struggled with for a long time, maybe even before I was a mother. I think that I am fairly good at what I do, but it isn't all that important to me, except for the paycheck that makes my family work. When I was in school and the professor would surprise us with an early out, I would always celebrate. When my boss says, "go ahead and go home, enjoy your afternoon!" I am thrilled. My real work is at home, with my family.

So my picture of the day for February 9th is my cubicle at work. There isn't much going on here...after a bed bug "issue" we were told to leave personal items at home, so aside from my past and future Diet Dr. Pepper supplies and my frequently reused McDonald's cup, things are pretty bare. I do have the Howard Family Calendar up on the wall where I can see it, but my camera couldn't.

On my computer screen is weather.com. Not work related, but I have already reached the point in my winter survival strategy that forces me to check in to weather.com everyday, clicking on the ten day forecast and praying that ten days from now, Spring will look a little more realistic.