PN hope you feel better in the morning

WYSIWYG - she generally has a three hr nap. If she didn't sleep so well I wouldn't be as productive. I can also attend to lots of things via email, meaning I don't need to literally be in front of my laptop. I often shoot things off from my phone while juggling DD. Today I was ploughing away through my workload, heard DD wake and realised it was 5 mins past the time I usually leave to pick up DS from school. Thank god DD woke or I might have just kept going. Got there in time luckily. Mother of the year candidate for sure!! Have set an alarm on my phone for the days I do school pick up now!!


I'm in a rut though, the daily grind of balancing kids, work and getting to childcare/school etc. DH and I feel like it's Groundhog Day. DD is rather high maintenance which doesn't help. Need to invest in our social life and get out a bit more, with and without kids in tow.....
Yes hope you are feeling better P/N.

I know what you mean about the daily grind - we do still get out a fair bit with the kids in tow (in this little flat we have to get out) - but the house is a disaster area. DH often offers to take kids out so I can rest/sleep or do boring house stuff - but I don't always accept because I am sick of missing out/resting there has to be some fun in life, and I don't want weekends to be always one or other of us with the kids and the other at home resting or whatever.

I am so fed up over the whole work situation - yes this job I am finishing at Easter, but after that what - who knows. Everything I see in my arena just wants to many hours - it pays well but I don't really care about that - we just need a little bit more than DH earns (plus I like to be working some of the time) but so far all the more suitable things time wise I am too experienced for, or as I have never done that exact title then don't get considered.

I feel naive that I never considered working after having kids would be this hard (not the actual kids and working thing - which is hard but I expected that) but the sorting out a job which works for family life as well. But then I suppose since pre-kids the industry has continued changing along the off-shoring path and is all the jobs which have gone off-shore that were the most suitable for regular hours and minimal travel etc.

At least I am not regretting my decision to finish where I currently am, last night found out while online to speak to India (who no one had told me were on a public holiday) that managers at work have promised to deliver three significant pieces of work by next Friday - without even asking me on dates - and they reckon they have built in contingency. I have 5 working days left between today and next Friday and even if I manage an extra 8 hours spread over evenings - I won't even come close. There is at least 10 solid days work from me and that is not building in any time waiting on things to be done in India.