I tried to find Issymum's thread of a while back where she was a SAHM for a couple of weeks and fantasised about doing it full time. Afaik she didn't and is still employed very fT OTH.
I usually commute and dh does drop offs and pick ups so I leave the house at 7am and get back at 6.30pm. My contract ends at the end Oct and I may not be able to find something else straight away so this may indeed become a reality. But in the meantime...
This is my second day working from home this week and it has been lovely to do the following:
SEE the children in the mornings. I had a long chat with ds about the 11+ and how he's feeling. I had a long cuddle with dd in bed and did her hair before school and made them both breakfast. It's not the making breakfast/chivying them into the car I like, it's the being around for them. It's dd's second ever week at school, it's been nice seeing her settle in a bit.
keep on top of the washing with v little effort
think about what we're going to eat rather than desperately rifling through the fridge at 6.30
Do boring but necessary things like activate a bank card, register ds's school place, do an online shop, clean the bathrooms (we usually have a cleaner but don't atm), notice both dd's school tops needed to go in the wash last night so she had a clean one for today
Not having to RUSH everywhere. Being able to speak to my mum/friends during the day and chat a bit.
Any other FT WOTHP's fantasise about this? Or did you do it? And if so, was it lovely?
Or, if not, remind me that the reality isn't quite as nice as my fantasy please. Because if I do get a job I have to take it.
TIA.
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I work FT OTH and am fantasising about being a SAHM, come and disabuse me... Or, alternative title: being a SAHM with children at school must be bliss, surely?
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WideWebWitch · 10/09/2008 10:18
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