OK...I feel better now!

I actually already quit the higher paying job a few weeks back. I took a 5 grand cut in pay, and took a job at a much lower level in the scheme of things (Management to working grunt). *But*, I no longer drive an hour and a half one way to work, I am no longer working overtime from hell, I am no longer responsible for everything, and I mean *everything* that happens in the office, just my own work load.

I went from a place where it seemed I could not grasp the job to a place where I am again the whiz kid...learned the system in under 3 days, and am on my own when they said it would take a few weeks.

I *was* feeling guilty though, what with the holidays coming up and all. However, the *time* I can now spend with my kid is priceless, and if the presents are less under the tree, it is not as if she counts them anyway. She gets 2-3 X-mases a year anyway, when you count the in-laws etc.

Thanks one and all...you have reminded me of what it is I have to be grateful for. Not the high paycheck. It's getting one at all while doing something that doesn't kill you in an environment that is not overstressed.

Happy Holidays!!! :D