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Have you ever see the movie, "Dances with Wolves?" I once watched that movie with my husband and he said, "If you had an American Indian name, it would be 'Walks with Stress." Funny, but true. I tend to be a little high-strung and type A. "Walks With Stress" took on a whole new meaning when I became a mother and had to learn how to balance my job as an IT Project Manager with the challenges of being a mother. This blog chronicles the day-to-day life of a stressed out mom trying to do it all. It's an honest, sometimes twisted look at the reality working moms face.
It was dark when I left the house this morning, as it always is on work days. My husband and I have arranged a schedule. He puts our son on the bus in the morning and I go into work early. I pick up from after school care. Usually, this plan ... Read more...
I had my wisdom teeth out this week, which seems like an odd thing to do at the age of 41, but the dentist decided it was time. While the extraction part is a blur to me, the pain still lingering in my not-so-distant memory, there was one positive aspect of the ... Read more...
If anyone ever instituted 12-step support group for working moms, I imagine it would go something like this:
A team of nicely dressed, permanently stressed moms gather together in a stoic, mahogany boardroom in a nondescript office park. The women ... Read more...
“Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows”
A friend posted this comment on Facebook earlier this year and I was so taken by it, I wrote it down in my planner as a reminder to stay focused on my goals. With a new year app ... Read more...
While most Americans spent Black Friday morning sleeping off a Thanksgiving turkey hangover, or standing in long lines in the bitter cold to catch deals on flat screen TVs, my family decided to stay at home in our pajamas. This is a rarity in my house. N ... Read more...
I am starting to believe that we are either are, or are not, born equipped with a gene that makes us want to wake up each day and bake. This same gene fires synapses in our brain like firecrackers, forcing a zombie-like wandering into fabric and craft stores to seek ... Read more...
How is a stressed out Mom made? Through years of conditioning. There I was in my formative years (circa 1970-something) and I saw a scantily dressed woman on TV flinging around a frying pan, singing about bringing home bacon. In the background, my own mother (a work ... Read more...



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