to bake in my lunch hour

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I work from home Tues-Thurs. On Mondays and Fridays I run a teenie tiny cake business supplying cakes to a local shop. This Monday, I wanted to spend the day with DH and DS at the park in the sunshine (who wouldn't?), so I now have to bake like a nutter in my lunch hour and after DS has gone to bed to make up the cake order.

I baked 3 lemon cakes in my lunch break today, but I felt so guilty. I was shaking and felt sick! It's ridiculous. My colleagues in the office were all probably sunning themselves in the park, but I just felt really really bad. AIBU or is really out of order to be working for 'my business' on a work day?

You can do what you like in your lunch break.

"I felt so guilty. I was shaking and felt sick! "

Seriously?

Yes I know! I was disgusted with myself! Honestly I'm not joking.

Why?

What do you feel guilty about?

Disgusted with yourself?

Why though?

I mean I was disgusted at feeling shaky in response to stuntgirl! It was a bit of an extreme overreaction. I'm quite happy being on mumsnet at 10 to 5 though. Double standards!

I'll have to ice everything tomorrow so hopefully I won't feel quite so ridiculously shaky and will be able to do a decent job of it!

What you do on your lunch break is your business. If you were working for a competitor that would be different but it doesn't sound like you are.

I have two jobs and quite often take in work from one job to do in my breaks whilst I'm at the other job.

Are you baking them at home or in the office ?

Were you shaky because you didn't take time to eat any lunch as you were busy baking? Low blood sugar levels can make you shaky.

Sounds fine to me. Your lunchbreak is your own time; so as long as you fulfilled your contracted hours for your employer, then why not?

but you work from home?

So long as you're baking on your time, and not your employers time, I don't see how it's a problem.