Carpe diem.

One of my absolute favourite people to work with is taking a term off working for our playcentre. Her other job wants her another day and she thinks she's ready for a change so she may never be back. She's been working for us for 8 years (no current family has been with the playcentre as long). We will miss her, we know that she's made us in her image and we are richer for it.

But I'd thought that one of the perks of doing the roster would be rostering myself on to her team. But I thought there was no hurry. But my kids have really only just started staying happily without me and I felt that I needed to keep to the same routine to keep that up for a bit.

"Bother," said Pooh.