Being a mom, who works full time outside of the home, means I don’t change a lot of diapers. It’s not unusual for me to only change two diapers a day during the week. Naturally, on the weekends, I change more. But really, two diapers a day is about my average.
Since I’m an extra good [...]
In my last post I discussed Washington state’s Family Medical Leave Act. That post started some good discussions via the comments section and in e-mails I received from readers. Basically, our current system here in America isn’t really what it should be. I find this odd since, at some point, every single one of us [...]
Long before I ever got myself knocked up, I was curious as to my company’s maternity leave policies. I read over their Policy & Procedures manual and all it did was confuse me more. Without causing too much suspicion I even ask the one other mom that worked in my office how it [...]
I took an amazingly cute video of my son last week. It shows him counting out the change in his piggy bank. The change is for his “Disneyland Fund”. (We’re up to almost $200!) On this video, after he’s done counting, he starts singing a little song he made up about his “Dada” and “Mama”. [...]
As a working mom, it’s an extra challenge for me to find special quality time to spend with my son. If I’m not cooking dinner, I’m cleaning the bathroom. If I’m not cleaning the bathroom, I’m doing laundry. If I’m not doing laundry, I’m returning phone calls.
Since the weather in Seattle [...]
Since I work full time during the week, Saturday has become Laundry Day at my house.
We don’t have our own washer and dryer right now. Instead I have to separate my clothes on our bedroom floor and lug them down in the elevator with my toddler and his toys in tow as well as [...]
It’s a cold hard realization that I spend more time with my co-workers then I do with my husband and son. A realization that I hate admitting. For most of us, this is just the truth of our lives.
While this alone is bad, what’s worse is the fact that I find myself putting up with [...]
While yes it’s true, I’m a full time working mom, it’s also true that my husband works full time. (It must also be noted that he has a part time job that involves him building us a new house, from scratch, with his bare hands.) Neither one of us has a job [...]
While I’m busily working at my office Monday through Friday, my kid is a few blocks away at his daycare. I’ve always felt that this is typical for us working moms. I don’t know of any company in downtown Seattle (or outside Seattle) that has on-site daycare.
Last week my sister, who doesn’t live [...]
Right before the Christmas break, the ladies in my office decided to go out for a lovely lunch at a local Seattle restaurant.
Out of the seventy or so employees in my department, there were only four women at this “ladies only” lunch. (Oh yes, I work in a very male dominated field.)
While I assumed [...]