My Husband yesterday granted my birthday wish by arranging a night out to see Wicked. With all of our traveling, we have been trying to arrange this date for the past two years.
I was sitting quietly in a meeting, trying to look interested in the presentation, when my Blackberry buzzed.
I discretely opened the email, behold, a meeting invite from my husband for Friday night, March 26. I could not help but giggle. I looked up and all eyes were on me as I was smiling at the desperation my marriage is in to schedule time together. There goes my discretion...not my best working moment!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Any wonder working professionals are still sane?
As I begin typing my first blog, I wanted it to reflect the titles and often conflicts in my life...
mother
career professional
project manager
wife
friend
daughter, grand daughter, aunt....
less I forget, student (for which I started this blog!)
Does anyone else feel overwhelmed with a sense of guilt that we cannot fully fill the roles in our lives? This is not a blog for the working mother, as I interact with men at my profession that feel the same way...Upset that they cannot put their children to bed, and once again will not see them until next morning (hopefully). The parent who cannot find enough time to devote the attention to the child who is not performing well in their school work. The friend who fails to return phone calls, because well, family and work comes first, and there is not enough time in the day for anything else.
I want this blog to express that somehow, I, along with many other working proessionals, found that we cannot do it all, and not sure how to get out of this vicious cycle of life and STOP.
My son turned seven yesterday. wonderful boy, as most mothers will say about thier child. Very proud, but I cannot say that I have given him the mother that I wanted him to have.
Maybe this blog will be a vent for me, or a form of diary to help me get my priorities straight. Or, at the very least a passing grade in my eCommerce class! Either way, I think I will enjoy posting a blog!
mother
career professional
project manager
wife
friend
daughter, grand daughter, aunt....
less I forget, student (for which I started this blog!)
Does anyone else feel overwhelmed with a sense of guilt that we cannot fully fill the roles in our lives? This is not a blog for the working mother, as I interact with men at my profession that feel the same way...Upset that they cannot put their children to bed, and once again will not see them until next morning (hopefully). The parent who cannot find enough time to devote the attention to the child who is not performing well in their school work. The friend who fails to return phone calls, because well, family and work comes first, and there is not enough time in the day for anything else.
I want this blog to express that somehow, I, along with many other working proessionals, found that we cannot do it all, and not sure how to get out of this vicious cycle of life and STOP.
My son turned seven yesterday. wonderful boy, as most mothers will say about thier child. Very proud, but I cannot say that I have given him the mother that I wanted him to have.
Maybe this blog will be a vent for me, or a form of diary to help me get my priorities straight. Or, at the very least a passing grade in my eCommerce class! Either way, I think I will enjoy posting a blog!
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