ha ha daisy, too funny! seems just like bugaboo said to happymomma re: being a golden parent, a real gem....thinking maybe that's what we are too! I too fell the very same way you do and would shout it from the mountain tops....I'm not afraid to tell anyone I love what I do so much It "feels" like getting paid seems too good to be true! I know exactly what you are saying, not that you are lazy or don't work hard enough for your pay, and I really don't think any good parent would view you that way, as a matter of fact I think it would be quite the opposite actually. If I were a parent I would feel so happy to know that my provider loved her job so much that her paycheck felt like "icing" on her already wonderful cake!!! would make me want to pay her on time and then some, knowing how greatful she is and how much she loves her job would mean soooo much to me! keep doing what you are doing.