You should be proud that you were offered your dream job! You obviously would be eeeeeeexcellent at it IF you wanted it!

What's wrong with licking?? I like to lick. I lick my kidlets all the time. DD2 is the only one who doesn't complain. It's sorta feline I think? Dunno. Always licked the kidlets. 'Specially on the side of the head. Mmmmm... nice.