To say I am tired is an understatement. Our typical day is up at 5:30 a.m., out the door at 8:00. Drop off at daycare where it takes anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to pry junior off me so I can get to work on time. Some days are easier than others at the release. Some days I sit in the car for a minute and cry because it was so hard and he was so upset I was leaving him. Enter working mommy guilt.
I have recently changed jobs so the end of the day is easier now. I used to get out of work at 5:30 and by the time we got out of the on-site daycare and battle traffic to get home it was about 6:30. Now I work till 5:00 and my son is in a daycare close to home, so my husband can pick him up earlier than I can get there. Huge help! And he even has dinner ready when I get home, which is by 6:00 now.
After dinner we go through the dinner cleanup and bath/bedtime routine. 9:00 p.m. and I can finally collapse on the couch before getting things ready for tomorrow. 10:00 and I am checking email and getting some work done. 11:00 bedtime routine and I crawl into bed where I am usually sound asleep by midnight. My one chance to just "be".
Why do we do this to ourselves and our families? Weekends are not even ours to relax and enjoy because that's when all the errands and chores need to be done. We work more than ever, with less to show for it and our families suffer. The kids, who will one day run our country. Will they be the ones smart enough to say enough? Will they be able to change the face of corporate america to accept family values once again?
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