Is your life lacking excitement? Dull, predictable, each day like the one before? Have I got a solution for you -- become a work-at-home mom! Your days will be FILLED with challenges and games, like:
Phone tag. Need to reach an important person ASAP? Call him first thing in the morning before your husband leaves for work; get his voicemail. Then HE calls YOU back while you’re in the preschool drop-off line; gets your voicemail. Then YOU call HIM back as soon as you get home, but he’s tied up until 12 – the exact worst time for you, doing the pick-up/lunchtime/naptime hustle. This game can go on for DAYS!
Extreme juggling. You’ve got a packed day filled with meetings, phone calls, and deadlines. Just as you’re leaving the house, the phone rings. It’s the school – surprise! School’s cancelled due to a power outage. OR, it’s the sitter calling in sick. Time to juggle!
Phone backup sitter; find out she can only take the baby. Phone classmate to line up playdate for your older kid; find out that mom can do it, but only for 2 hours. Beg your husband to go into work late; find out he has an important appointment he can’t reschedule. Don’t worry, you’ll figure it out. You always do! Isn’t this EXCITING?!?!
Pajama parties. OK, maybe working into the wee hours in your PJs isn’t exactly a party, but you always said you wanted to experience the thrill of those late nights again, didn’t you? Only now the excitement isn’t who will you meet or what new club will you get into, but will your computer crash before you back up that important file and will your printer run out of ink before you print out that crucial contract?
7 Minutes in Heaven. No, not the kissing game in the closet. Those 7 minutes of silence you may or may not get to make a phone call during that brief period when the baby’s nap overlaps with the preschooler’s TV show. Those precious few minutes when no one is wailing from their crib, pulling on your arm for a snack, or calling loudly from the bathroom for you to come wipe them.
The thing is, you never know if you’re going to get those 7 silent minutes or not. And that’s the fun of it!!
Musical childcare. Drop off son at school, drop off baby at sitter’s. Work. Pick up son at school, take him to friend’s house for a playdate. Pick up baby from sitter’s, take him home for a nap. Work. Ask neighbor to come over and sit with baby while you run to pick up son from playdate. Ask husband to come home early so you can finish up your work. If any piece of this puzzle falls through for any reason, see “Extreme juggling” above.
I’m telling you, it's nothing but nonstop fun and games around here. Also, coffee. Lots and LOTS of coffee. So what are you waiting for? Become a work-at-home mom today and join the party! But watch out -– all the excitement might kill you.
12/2/10
Being a WAHM Is All Fun & Games
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I love it! Seriously, you should post more about "how you do it" because if anything, it just makes me happier to know other moms are out their juggling.
I am sort of a work at home mom. I teach part-time, and I need to keep up on emails, prepare, and grade papers at home. It's freakin' impossible. I think it's actually harder than working outside the home. But of course the issue is all of the companies who aren't flexible and family friendly. Things really need to change around here. (And by here, I'm talking everywhere. Except Sweden. They seem to have it pretty good there, with the exception of the weather.)
Ha, ha! That was great! Sounds like you're wise enough not to have added a DOG to your WAHM "Fun & Games." A wise woman! Then you would have the added pleasure of random barking fits when a leaf blows by the window. Ugh!
I DO have a dog, Holly! I left out the part where I clean up the dirty diapers the dog shreds all over the house!
Ha! You kill me! Yes, it certainly is an exciting life. That Seven Minutes in Heaven is the Holy Grail for WAHMs, isn't it?
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