eaglesnest

there are many little moments in the day of a work at home, work a little out of the home SAHM — there is the walking of the dog, the changing of the sheets as the 5 year old still has over-night bladder control issues, the ant invasion which strategically split into two fronts across the kitchen over night, there is the maneuvering into a 5 minute shower, don’t forget the mini-chocolate chip pancakes with fresh sliced bananas AND strawberries AND powdered sugar, there is the business phone call and working out details with the new landlord and you have just made it to 10 am!

Not much work work managed to get squeezed in, yet.

Write one of the blogs, shoot e-mails back & forth with one Boss - and cuz life ain’t easy those HAVE to be from a secondary e-mail as the primary and his primary suddenly are not on speaking terms, read important info from another boss, prepare interview questions based on reading for very important first interview , update info on the bizz website , deal with the glitches of it not publishing what it says it saved and file a time sensitive report with one teeny scrap of paper missing so you fudge it - all before lunch is served, which you have to make, of course.

Send boy & bigger boy out. Walk dog again, find uniform and something warm to wear after work, post one more web thingee, try to get Mac Afee to actually install all components without telling you they are incompatible with each other - they are ALL Mac Afee! And if you leave NOW you can catch the earlier bus to have enough time to grab lunch before clocking in.

Arrive at j-o-b , early early. Make an hourly week chart of what you should be doing to optimize your time so you can in fact juggle one out of the house j-o-b, two blogging gigs , a report writing gig, two editing job and kick your career into high gear as an editor and writer .

Breathe .

Allow for 17 hour day - 7 am till midnight as you are awake that long {or longer anyway} - on your chart. Realize that as long as ants do not invade the new kitchen, as long as dog has his new yard, as long as you lean on the other mama & your friends it is very doable. Schedule in library and park days so you can use the WiFi and the boys can entertain themselves.

Take advantage of the time when no one else is awake to edit & write. WRITE THOSE TIMES IN WITH RED! Explain to all the others that those are office hours and should be treated as if you are in your office, NOT at home. Breathe .

Maximize time when there is only one boy by scheduling knitting time then. BREATHE again. Keep focused. Delegate. Remember to print chore charts and arrange that cooking night so that meals are pre-planned & prepared ahead of time. {I scheduled in bread and baked goods baking time, too.}

Breathe deeply knowing you are NOT doing this alone ever again.

Home from work, deal with lost dog cuz no one pays attention and doors are left wide open, be the meanie who makes the toys be put away, the teeth be brushed, the pjs put upon, the Wii put away, because sigggh Dad can’t possibly do these things.

Breathe knowing this is only for one more week. Get everyone to bed, sit down in the office and instead of starting the great short story you outlined on the bus ride home fix the website issue, send out an e-mail to the new Meet-Up group members, thank writers for their testimonials , thank mamas for thanking you for being honest, and blog to vent as everyone else is already asleep in their other time zones.

Juggle them jellybeans . At least you don’t have to entertain elephants or keep kangaroos or ride reindeer. sheesh

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