Sometimes I feel like a master juggler, but more often than not, I feel like I have twenty balls floating in the air, about to drop any one of them at any given moment. I am starting to understand that this is the life of an entrepreneur, as well as a mom. Sometimes I wonder how they do it...those wondermoms! They seem to fit it all in, to have it all together. I know, I'm sure none of them feel this way, but at least they pull it off well. Here's my truth - I am the mom known at pre-school for forgetting to bring the clean blanket back on Monday morning. The one that has to keep a back-up sippy cup in the car, so when I walk out the door without it, I can fake that I have it all together! I'm the mom always running late, crackberry in hand. But, I'm okay with this. Aubrey loves me anyway, and somehow I manage.
Our new rule in the Schaub household is from pick-up time at school to bedtime at home, it is our Aubrey time...no blackberries, no phone calls, we just enjoy our daughter. Then, at 8:30pm, (or 8:53 tonight), I'm back down on the computer, trying to catch up on the things I didn't squeeze in during the day.
My balls may bounce every now and then, but for the most part, I think I just have a beautiful sky of balls in the air...or as Aubrey likes to call them "bubbles"!
Boy do I know this feeling. The reason why I run my classes the way I do is to spend as much time with my kids as possible. Sometimes I feel like I don't give them enough quality time doing fun things like we did when they were little. Then I feel like I close my business too much and I should offer more classes. Not to mention keeping up with the never endings: housework, laundry, yard. At lest this week we had a break with the homework with them off for spring break.
ReplyDeleteNo one's perfect but we sure do "fake" it A LOT! The only ones we need to be perfect for are the kids to teach them perfection are smiles, laughter and enjoying your moments as you go through life...
Happy Easter!
I too know the feeling. I have an outside job from 7:30am-4:30pm, maintain a small business on the side, 2 kids and a household...phew...I try to make it to every play date, game, kid's party, class, etc. and be at work concentrating at all times...I get home at 6:30 or 6:15if I'm lucky...then, I put on my Mommy hat and get to homework...after that, its tuck in time for my son and my daughter...before I know it- its 9:30 and I have to fill my orders...its tough what we do...but I know what we are doing will build a great foundation for our kids...I hope to set an example and that they only extract the good habits I have...not the occasional breakdowns and cussings I do in private, LOL...one day at a time, I say...just plow through. We all know its all for the kids...the kids come first...
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