... but I'm still experiencing slightly rollercoaster-ish times as I navigate this whole landing-a-new-job ordeal.  In fact, today I even dragged myself to church to pray, but while trying to put up a decent prayer, I found myself all distracted by the Cute Baby situation going on in the pew directly in front of me.  It wasn't exactly Cute Baby who was shifting my focus, but all of the nearby parishioners ​ooing and ahhing over Cute Baby.  They couldn't stop themselves!  
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​People. Yes, it's a BABY and babies are CUTE.  But for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what it was that made Cute Baby so incredibly magnet-like.  I mean yes, I'm all for the appreciation of baby cuteness, but wow. *smh*

Back to focusing... well, I tried focusing at least, but praying while people are rubber-necking over a Cute Baby?  Almost impossible, I tell you.

So here we go, I hunkered down on my thoughts and crunched out a mental list of positive things for which I am thankful during this freakishly bumpy ride:

• ​Making myself useful to offspring who have their own summer jobs (extra laundry loads, kitchen clean-up, shopping, food drop-offs, etc.)
• Having actual sit-down breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with people whom I would ordinarily only see for dinner during the work-week
• Morning workouts, thus eliminating the need for an extra evening shower
• Establishing a decent - not 100% fake - tan (in progress, anyway)
• Not having to take vacation time to move peeps in/out of residence halls, visit the dentist, or fly out to see my folks in New Mexico
• Grocery shopping during the day, night, or whenever
• Power housecleaning while everyone is out of the house for the day
• Sleep, the ultimate gift of all, because I've had my share of tortured-sleep-deprivation days while raising kids over the years and can seriously appreciate uninterrupted zzz's

​Meanwhile, back to job searching with a vengeance... minus Cute Baby distractions, THANKFULLY.