Being a WAHM Sucks
You might notice this blog hasn’t been updated regularly. That’s because I’m a work at home mom. I work at home. I have two kids under three. My life is insane. I love it, but sometimes it’s just too full so things get pushed to the back burner. This blog, unfortunately is one of them.
But here’s the problem with being a work at home mom:
- I wake up with the boys around 7am. I actively parent (and I mean actively) all day long.
- The boys have overlapping naps for maybe thirty minutes – just enough time to respond to a few emails.
- Both boys are asleep in bed by 8pm, and I sit down to work…until 11pm or midnight.
Sounds great right? Being home with the boys all day is great. Being a freelance writer who can work literally anywhere, anytime is great, too. But trying to do everything all at once is really challenging.
Because I work at night after the boys are in bed, there are a few things that simply don’t get done around here. During the day a toddler and infant and working nights prevents me from taking care of:
- laundry
- picking up the toys
- baking
- uploading pictures
- watching television
- painting my toenails
- putting away clothes
- cleaning up the kitchen
- returning phone calls
- updating baby books
- reading books for fun
- etc…
Since I must work frantically all evening, all “normal” evening activities must be done while my boys are awake. So that means I’m trying to do two or more things at once any given day, and my house is constantly filthy and cluttered.
And, of course, I’m not spending as much dedicated time with them as I’d like, which was my whole reason to quit teaching for a year to work at home. So is it worth it? At this exact moment, I’m not exactly sure…
