Arguing Over Household Chores?
When I was married, my husband was laid off three times in five years. When he would get laid off, I would increase my teaching for the Red Cross to help keep some money coming in — leaving him with the kids while I went and worked from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. So I’ve […]
I Hate Weekends
I know that sounds really insane, but I always seem to be more tired—no, more exhausted—on the weekends than during the work week. It’s not that I don’t work hard at my job; I do. But somehow it doesn’t generally drain my every physical, mental, and spiritual reserve like the weekends do. Probably I expect […]
Enjoying a Few Moments of Rest
That should probably say “stealing a few moments…” as there is still laundry to be folded and put away, things to be ironed, and paperwork to be filed. And I haven’t yet finished filling out my taxes, so I need to get moving on that. But I am just enjoying a real sense of accomplishment […]
Well, the Madness Seems to Have Spilled Over
from Wednesday to Thursday. We got out of choir practise at 9:30 last night, so we didn’t get home til 10. I didn’t get out of bed til 7 this morning. So I’m kind of boggy today and not functioning on all six cylinders. Or however many there are. However, my hair stylist finally called […]
Multitasking Is Inefficient
I want to register a protest against the now-ubiquitous requirement that people in business be “proficient at multitasking.” Multitasking, for the uninitiate, is the ability to keep a couple dozen plates spinning without dropping any, usually while whistling Dixie or talking on the phone. That is, the person whose job description includes “able to multitask” […]
A Snow Day
All my friends in the frozen North will laugh, but we have a snow day here in Memphis today. Admittedly, it’s not too spectacular to me, as I spent three winters in Chicago and one February in the mountains of Washington State, but it’s the most snow my children have ever seen. Non-Southerners have to […]
On Being “Between Jobs”
Since November, I have been “between jobs.” (That’s what the headhunters and career counselors tell me to say. I’ve been told that “unemployed” and “laid off” are too negative, and will make me feel more depressed while making prospective employers concerned about my emotional stability. Whatever.) It was nice at first. I had been working […]