Busy is a way of life these days – I’m sure anyone reading this can relate – and it’s been harder than usual even to muse on life as a working mom. Preparing for a first-ever TV appearance, selling now-outgrown first home, moving in with my mom (another story for a future post) and slamming through dozens of new business proposals (I know, I know – good news! Wee!) has me gasping for air. So I decided it’s time to resort to my old standby … lists. In this case, a little list of “don’t you hate it whens,” i.e., all the little things that drive you crazy in WoMo-ville or just in general. Please, feel free to send me yours (it’ll save me another column) and to pass along. I’ll get more substantial next post!
Don’t You Hate it When …
-On the way into work you catch a picture of supermodel new mom Gisele exiting the gym with a caption boasting of awesome bod just one month post-partum. Barf.
-You slip during a meeting and call one of more...
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Imagine my surprise (fear) when Aimee informs me that an ABC Talk Show wants to do a segment about one of our blog posts… with us in it. Really? Us? I guess I always knew television might be a possibility when writing a book. But I also know winning Publishers Clearing House might someday be in my future — it doesn’t mean The Prize Patrol came knocking at my door last week.
In true WoMo fashion, everything was last-minute, crammed, chaotic and unrehearsed. But as always, we did our best and lived to talk about it — much to the aid and support of the awesome people at ABC's The View From The Bay.
I figure that with all the possible things that could have gone wrong (vomiting, stumbling, spitting, sweating, coughing, sneezing, crying and fainting), we fared pretty well. Would I have said and done some things differently? Of course, but life doesn’t have a rewind button... nor does live television. Watch the segment here. more...
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“I used to be all about belly rings and belly chains … and now I have a belly roll.” That was the sinking realization I came to one day about six months ago when looking over some photos of me that shook me out of the delusional state in which I had existed since going back to work after Tavish was born. I admit it – I hadn’t been on a scale since six weeks post-partum, when I had been elated to see that I was only 12 pounds (out of the 40 gained) from my pre-pregnancy weight. When I went back to work while still nursing, it seemed that the pounds had flown off but that probably was just an illusion. And after stopping the milk train, without the time to get to the gym (ever), it’s obvious at least a few of those pounds slid right back on. It was painfully obvious that it was time to get my body back.
Today I am back and here’s a bit of what I learned …
Losing weight at (ahem) more...
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March 11th, 2010, posted by Aimee, Tags: WoMoLists
There she was, smiling over her shoulder on a moonlit beach somewhere very exotic looking (Thailand? Goa? Belize?), fresh faced, tan, backpack at her feet and what looked to be not a care in the world beyond where to explore the next day.
“Is this you??” I asked my WoMo friend, who, while still gorgeous and fabulous, does not much resemble the relaxed and glowing young girl in the snapshot anymore.
“Yep, that was when we were traveling around the world …” she replied. “Before kids,” I finished her sentence in my head.
It’s true, getting older and having kids in general changes all of us. Globe-hopping “new age” backpackers eventually become homebodies who settle in for nights of Hagen Daz and “American Idol” after long days spent climbing the corporate ladder. I get it. But somehow there’s something even more dramatic about the change a girl goes through when she crosses over the WoMo wall. It’s not necessarily just the long hours, lack of sleep and constant, nagging haze of guilt that get to you, but also the overwhelming more...
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The past week was a doozie. In an effort to survive it all with a modicum of dignity, I (ironically) told 15 lies. Some little white, some downright false. Desperate times call for desperate measures… are my pants on fire?
1. “I wish you the very best.” An integral co-worker quit on Monday. She wants to start her own company before getting preggers. I get it, I really do. I wanted to cry, but I wished her the best. I secretly hope she'll discover how hard it is to keep it all together when you're managing business n' baby and I hope she'll wish she had stayed at a job that offered her security, flexibility and a whole lot of heartfelt WoMo understanding.
2. “He loves it.” As a belated Valentine gift (why?), Grammy gave the 3-year old a furry, foam 20-inch square pillow with a freakish puppy head attached…what’s not to love? Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.
3. “I’m so excited.” I just found out that Aimee and I are appearing on more...
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In honor of the downright hilarious book and blog "Stuff White People Like," I've decided to compile my own collection of oddly predictable and somewhat satirical working mom observations...
Comparing Ourselves It may just be a woman-thing, but working moms are big on scrutinizing their chaos in contrast to others. Sit in on a conversation with a few WoMos and they will compare everything from worst-ever childcare dramas, to insufficient husband-help, to “how did she find time to bake those cookies?” And there’s always a chick whose ass looks better.
Anti-bacterial Products Working moms love anything that is sure to remove all possibility of additional scheduling conflicts and complications. Sickness being one of the worst to overcome. For this reason, working moms can’t get enough of anti-bacterial products. Wipes, spray, gel or lotion — it doesn’t really matter. They are buying into the promise of wiping out any and all down time.
The Quick Change Regardless of what time a mom completes her job or gets home from work, it will take her exactly one minute to throw off more...
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