Working in Working Out
One of the hardest things for me during and after my divorce was/is this: although some people lose weight when they are upset or depressed, I gain. I gain… a lot. And over the course of the last year of my marriage and first few months of my divorce, I did just that… I GAINED. [...]
Semi-Navigating The Doldrums
In high school, college and even in law school, we had a Spring Break. It fell during the period between Christmas/New Year’s Eve and Easter … a welcome breather to break up the loooooong stretch of time between, well… breaks. Now that I’m out in “the real world” I crave a Spring Break. This long [...]
I’m Somewhere Else…
Rather than try to bore you with the fact that I have nothing to say today, I’ll direct you to my contributor post over at Liberating Working Moms! I’m coming clean about television… it’s time.
A Cry for Attention
At the end of the work day, I am exhausted. I spend all day answering questions, solving problems, and talking to all sorts of people. The only thing I want to do when I leave the office is put on my pajamas, eat some dinner, and maybe watch a little television. I just want to relax. Today, I [...]
If I Admit It’s My Fault, Will You Quit Blaming Me?
When J was still a very small baby, maybe five months old, he was diagnosed with reactive airway disease. After about our fourth visit to the pediatrician in four weeks, my doctor looked at me and “kindly” told me that if there were any way for me to work it so that I could stay [...]
I’m Still a Full-Fledged Mother, Even if I Work Outside the Home…
This morning, I sat at my desk and commiserated over the telephone with a dear friend of mine who is the proud parent of a one year old. She was talking about how hard it is now that he’s fully mobile and pining for the days when she could put him down and know he [...]
Choices
Yesterday was a long day. I got to work at 7:30 and worked straight through lunch. I have two clients in particular who keep me up at night and both of them got bad news yesterday. I do not like giving my clients bad news. Around 5:30 I left the office and drove straight to [...]
Angst into Thanks
Last night, I sat down and typed out an angst-ridden post about being a working (outside the home) mother. I poured out my fears about raising a latchkey kid, my worries about not being there as much as my mother was, and my complete hysteria about not being “where I’m supposed to be” when it [...]
An Apology and a Lesson Learned
Earlier today, I posted about “Working woes.” And one of my favorite readers/commenters/twitter friends made an off-hand comment that it was part of being a grown-up…. and ohmigosh did that rub me the wrong way. When I first read it, I was all “what-EVER.” But I kept coming back to that comment. I kept reading [...]
Trials and Tribulations
Oh boy. April is shaping up to be one hell of a month. (What?! Lent is totally over. I can cuss if I want to!) First, this week I will be having my first Workers’ Comp hearing. It’s tomorrow morning so forgive me if I don’t have anything exciting to say until mid-day… and then [...]
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