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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

You know you're a working mom...

1. When you can power clean your house in 2-3 hours on a weekend (or evening or holiday) because you can't waste more time that that.
 2. When your crockpot is your best friend.
 3. When you have to hide (and sneak to the bathroom!) to actually get work done at home, so the kids believe you've gone to work and will leave you alone.
 4. When you typically spend at least a few minutes of your lunch break planning something else (meal plan, grocery list, birthday party, calendar etc).
 5. When you only have one speed, and that speed is RUSH.
 6. When you can dry your hair, entertain your baby, and eat breakfast all at the same time.
 7. When you reach into your purse for a pen during a meeting and pull out a toy car, play phone, golf ball (!)...
 8. When Your dogs go crazy as soon as you put on your sneakers because it MUST mean they are going for a walk. Mom doesn't wear sneakers for anything else. ;)
 9. When you keep your dress shoes at work (to save your feet) and thus have nothing appropriate to wear for special occasions on the weekend.
 10. When your most common phrase to the doctor's office is, "Do you have anything early in the morning or late in the evening?"
 11. When a good part of your life revolves around keeping your calendar updated and accurate, so that you can fit everything in.
 12. When your able to successfully ask sacrifices of your husband just by uttering the phrase, "I WORK TOO!"
 13. When you find it perfectly natural to be cleaning breast pump parts in the ladies restroom, using hand soap and paper towels.
 14. When you store your breast milk in the public refrigerator.
 15. When you have at least once, had to have an awkward conversation with your (male) boss about your time spent pumping.
 16. When you've taken a conference call, in the mothers room, WHILE pumping.
 17. When you won't even entertain the idea of working for a company that doesn't have flexible work options.
 18. When you've done work from home on many occasions after the kids are in bed or before they wake up, so you can "do it all"
 19. When YOU are the go-to person in the office anyone who needs a bandaid, tylenol, antacid, feminine product, toy car, golf ball etc
 20. When you pretty much are never expected to drive your coworkers to lunch, because your car has car seats, sticky seat belts, random goldfish, crayons and toys all over.

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