Yes, I'm going to use this forum to vent my frustration! There are some days when I feel like I can't get ANYTHING done. Exercise? What's that? I guess I could sleep from 7-midnight, wake up, work (I feel like I'm so far behind that I'll never catch up), and go to the gym during the "work day". Oh yeah! I still have a baby who nurses (hence the reason for the mother to be around in the am, lunchtime, dinnertime and bedtime). I love being a mom but anyone who tells you that being a working mother is easy, is LYING!!!!
Yes, I have the type of job that allows me to work from home, if needed, and with flexible hours. However, today for example, I had someone who needed me to help them with a problem. Yeah right! That's going to happen with a crying baby in the background (she was tired but wouldn't take a nap). So, I asked the person to call me back after 4...Nutz would be home by then...or so I thought.
Oh well! I know I'm not the first working mother to feel this way but for someone who is a focused worker, it's very stressful. It's really hard to try to finish a project with many interruptions. I'm used to sitting down and not getting up until my task is complete. You should see my to-do list; I never get anything marked off.
Thanks, Amy, for taking such good care of CC so I can go to the office for a couple of hours a day. I can actually get some work done when I'm there.
Vent over...
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4 comments:
It's not much easier as a stay at home person either. I had four days off recently and when it was all over I realized I didn't do a single thing that I had hoped to.
No time for me time.
I realize that's hard, too! However, when you're a stay-at-home person you can't lose your job for not completing projects. That's my point!
I totally understand, and I'm so sorry. I've had those days, too. And then I just *love it* when my co-workers say I work "part time" or call my work from home days my "days off." If they only knew, on my days working from home, I have TWO full time jobs!
I am glad to do it, for Ben's sake, but it is incredibly stressful for me.
We can take a little comfort that other working moms understand! I'm so glad my boss has three kids! :-)
I understand how you feel. My counterpart told me the other day that he has taken on too much with flying, towing, the flip house, and studying for the MCAT. I told him that I know how he feels. He said to me, "But all you do is work full time and take care of two kids." GRRRRR. Then he was off to Panama City for three months. ALONE.. without kids!!!
Totally get where you are coming from:) Take a rest with a glass of red wine, while nursing. Oh..and hire a cleaning lady. I finally did!!
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