thai food for 100 people

I have been musing lately about the heirarchy in the workplace. . .
When I was entry level I worked my ASS off. Stayed late, came in early, worked through lunch all just to keep up with the ridiculous pace of the job.

When I moved to middle management, I worked a little less, but the work I did held more weight. I made less decisions, but the ones that I made mattered more and required more ownership. If I fucked it up, then I did. . . and there was no way I could hide it.

Now that I'm upper management, I feel like I do a lot of talking and listening, and not a ton of "doing". I get to decide when I go in, when I work from home, what the priorities are for the department, etc.

Today, I had to decide what we should have for free lunch. . . my decision? Thai food, for 100 people. Then I got to decide which pad thai and which curries and how spicy. . .
Right before that, I had to decide whether or not to fire someone.

Crazy!! How do you go from Tofu Penang curry to terminating someone's employment!?!

What's also interesting is that in my head, I am just me, and that's all. . . but to my employees, I'm their boss. They don't kiss my butt, but they definitely are nicer to me than they probably would be otherwise.
To be honest, it's a sweet deal. I feel like I earned this, but at the same time, I feel like I must be the luckiest gal ever to have been at the right place at the right time.