“I should have KNOWN this would be the WORST DAY EVER OF MY WHOLE LIFE!!!!”
-Taylor, age 6, overheard many times the first day I returned from a weekend away
Ahhh, there is just something about my presence that brings about abounding love and happiness in my children. And I knew from the tantrums and non stop quotes such as above, that I was a well loved and missed mama.
My first day back.
So I’m sure you can see why after spending 3 days away that I would come home to consider that MAYBE, just maybe, I might be a prospect for a part time job.
Or.
OR!
A FULL TIME JOB!!!
The thought first came to me when on NIGHT ONE of having the kids by himself, Jimmy spent a good 30 minutes on the phone with me telling me the secrets to handling and keeping your cool with kids.
He was on Day 1.
And he already had all the secrets.
“You just gotta stay calm.”
“You can’t take it all so personally.”
Did I mention he was on Day 1?
So I realized, he’s got it TOTALLY under control!!!
And since he’s got it, and I’m too social, the obvious solution would be that I shall need a part time job.
A part time job of being social.
With adults.
And where there are NO kids around.
There’s a job like that, right?
Yes, at BlogHer there was talk of LinkedIn (it’s not spam after all!), and knowing your brand (hope mines not walmart!), and I most definitely began to grasp the importance of social media…
But my biggest lesson of BlogHer 2011?
Mama needs a job.
And that’s the stuff you just don’t get in a classroom.
That is just real life, yo.
I hope you took notes.
© 2011 “Le Musings of Moi”
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“and knowing your brand (hope mines not walmart!)” You are hilarious! I think I just need another trip away…I’m not sure I actually want to work! 🙂
Amen Sister!! I’ve been unemployed for just over a year now…and I’m SOOO ready to go back to work (outside the house)…..I just keep hoping a great job is going to land in my lap….that hasn’t happened yet….dammit! Guess I gotta get out there and find one…
Having my own business from home…just doesn’t count…I need to get the hell out of dodge sometimes!
Popped in from SITS! Being a stay at home mom is the hardest job in the world. No office job can compare.
I wish someone paid me to blog about my life. That would be awesome. 🙂 Glad you had fun at BlogHer though!
And here I am with a great {yet boring} job with benefits and I just want to be at home with my kids. I guess we all just want what we don’t have. And we can’t appreciate what we do have.
I think you just need a getaway every now and then. 🙂
So so true!! I am a former “9-5 working mama” gone “work from home part-time mama”. I mke enough money to pay the bills, I am home with my 9 year old until school starts in 2 weeks & you better believe I have started applying and researching for part-time jobs outside of the home. Adult interaction is so freaking important. Love my baby more than life itself, but I am no good to her if I lose my mind before 35. I’m just saying…
I can’t even tell you how much I relate to this! I’ve gone through this same thing when away from my kids. It’s like they are better for other people than they are for me. Why is that? Oh well, at least school starts in a few weeks! 🙂
All I want to do is STOP working. But I’m sure being home with a couple-a kiddos would make me change my mind, quick.
You can work as my full-time bestie. It pays well in love! 😉
Do you have a book of “Taylor-isms” cause I’d like a copy, lol.
My bestie is the mama of a 6 and 3-yr-old, when she went back to work last year she was quite the happy camper! Not to say all mamas should do this, it’s so individual and subjective… but maybe some you time away would be just what you need 😉 I can see you rockin’ as a vintage boutique shop owner 🙂
xoxo J
I know this is a big call BUT .. I think out of all the ‘what I learnt at Blogher’ posts I have stumbled across – this one has to be my favourite. True story. WHYYY? Because it’s SO real!! Good luck with the job hunting 🙂
Anna xo
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