So, today was another challenging day working from home.
The work itself wasn't overly complicated and everyone was relatively easy to deal with, however, I had a little one underfoot the entire time.
They say that being a working mom is challenging. If that is not the understatement of the century, I don't know what is.
So, today was a mess of templates and temper tantrums, conference calls and crying, data and diapers. Big sigh.
The challenging thing about being a working mother is the sneaking suspicion that you are not doing well enough at work, and not doing well enough in your home life, or by your child.
Some days it feels like a constant circle of forgetting the back up clothes for daycare, when you've already dropped your child off, and then walking into work, realizing your notes are at home and the presentation starts in 20 minutes.
Some days it's small things you overlook and forget; some days it's big ones...and you get the sense that while being helpful and productive at one area, say like your home life, there is a dam that is about to burst through the sandbags at work..and vice versa. There is the constant sense that there is sand slipping beneath your feet, rolling out with the tide and you can't do anything to grasp it beneath your toes.
So, to recap: A lot of complaints here, since I have tired head and am worn out by the constant negotiating that is living with both a toddler and a lawyer, who were both at home with me while trying to work remotely.
Oh so tired...thank God for coffee, and a chance at a fresh start (and attitude!) tomorrow-
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