from a little time before

In here i work pretty much like a machine, far from home, far from my friends, with very few distractions. So i will be too numb, and when i go home wont be prepared for the realities which are always waiting for me. Most of them are not surprising, but some things come up some times which are not expected, and this one tells me how shallow i think. My mama is having a bad time, professionally, and the reason would be what she has achieved by working all these years. Shes nearing her retirement and has been working for so long in the same designation, even though i am sure she is one of the best employees in her office. Its a government office and promotions are strictly on the basis of your seniority, and not your worth.
That much was the bad part about her career. I know the good parts. She always have good friends there and i am pretty worried about how much she would miss them after retirement. She is a very friendly and helpful person and she works in the town administration office, and since its a small town, there will always be people around there who had been helped by her, and who respects her for those helps. This is a town which respects goodness in people, not one of those metros where goodness is sneered upon.