Monday, November 7, 2011

Work from Home Mom (WFHM)

Many people envy me as a work from home mom where i can take care of Janelle and work at the same time to bring in that piece of bread. However, they dont know that WFHM stress are so much more than Full Time Stay At Home Mom and Full Time Working Mom. As a SAHM or WM, they have only one boss to entertain at one time and they can focus on what they are doing. As a WFHM, i'm serving 2 bosses at one time... one is boss at work, she has her expectation on to meet and at the same time i have another boss at home to met his expectation too, and both at the same time.
Imaging, when you are having a meeting or a visual presentation, and Janelle cries.. who i need to take care? Most of the times, me and maid are there doing signing while my mouth is talking about work. I cant believe i did that but when you are forced to the wall, all things just come out. When I have a very good cencentration with one thing for work, janelle will just bushed into my room and mess out my things, and break my chain of thoughts. Always, i need to plan for lunch and dinner, and every hour, i need to check on Janelle to ensure all things are good with maid hands while i'm working and at times i need to report to boss when he calls. When need to works late to complete my uncompleted works, hus will there stared at me as i'm taking up family time. At times when i'm under work stress i will wakes up at 3AM to work just to complete the work. In btw the working hours, i have to fetch Janelle to and fro school when hus not in town cos the car is there and no execuse for not to do that as that was the cheapest option we oped for (the school bus wanted to charge me $280 for 3 days a week, thru and fro and for 12 months even the school holidays for maid + Janelle). When hus is in town, he takes the car and hence i will get a taxi to send her to school but hus expect me to follow, but i cant afford the time. So i just make sure that she gets up the taxi from home and got the teacher to ensure that Janelle gets up to taxi from school together with my maid. When i really need to rush for a project or assignment, i have no choice but to bring Janelle over to my mom's place for a day, and i have to ensure that i complete as much as i can.
So who envy who? I'm the one that envy that they can focus only one thing at a thing, and work more efficiently. Lines are drawn clearly that which hat you need to put on at what time.

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