When you take sick days for another person’s illness…
When you pull a pacifier out of your briefcase…
When recitals and little league games are on the same calendar days as department meetings and conference calls…
When you answer your home phone with your work greeting. Or vice versa…
When you feel guilty for working. And for not working…
When you’ve cried on the way to work, at work, and on the way home from work…
When you’re immediately on the computer after your kid falls asleep…
When you have to travel for work and leave the kids behind or take the unborn kid(s) with you…
When you live on coffee…
When you sign your checks over to daycare…
When you’re late to work. All the time…
When you type and make phone calls with a baby in tow…
When you leave for work while your child is still sleeping and YOU have separation anxiety...
When you call your commute “me time…”
When you run errands on your lunch break. Or you eat alone...
When you’re pulling wrinkled clothes out of a laundry basket on a Monday morning because you forgot to fold, hang and iron…
When your house is always a mess...
When you’ve mastered the art of pumping in the office, in the car, in the car while it’s in motion, in the bathroom, and, well, pretty much everywhere…
When diapers and office supplies are at the top of the grocery list…
When you’ve been criticized for your choice to work…
When your mantra is, “I’ll get to that on the weekend…”
When you leave workout clothes and sports bras in the backseat, hoping to hit the gym between work and pickup…
When you talk corporate talk by day and baby talk by night…
When you walk in the door and your kids JUMP on you and kiss you...
When you and your significant other talk about one of two things: the kids or work…
When you Google quick and easy recipes because you only have a few minutes to eat dinner before bedtime…
When you spend time on Pinterest pinning all kinds of things you know you’ll never have time to do…
When you have a sense of accomplishment as the working mom hours end and just the mom hours begin…
When you think the grass might be greener on the other side…
When you realize you have the best of both worlds, no matter what anyone says…
…you know you’re a working mom.
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Yes, Yes and Yes. All of these things.
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And more, right?
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HAHAHAH! I love these!
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when you don’t feel bad leaving the office at 5 sharp to make it on time for pick-up…
when you show up to the office with dried snot from this morning’s hug and it doesn’t faze you…
when you turn down meetings that interfere with the ONE pump break you can’t miss…
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Haha! My scheduled arrival time is now “somewhere between 8 and 8:30.”
When you automatically lick your thumb and smudge a pen mark off a coworker’s face.
When you’re sad about quitting pumping because you actually enjoy that 20 minutes, 3 times a day to just. do. nothing.
When you check the traffic before leaving to confirm the fastest uncongested route to the daycare.
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Love these! Especially the licking your thumb to get a smudge mark off a coworker’s face!! Haha!
Shannon recently posted..Good Reads 2012 (Months 1-5)
So true! And not just pacifiers–I’ve pulled a board book out of my bag at the office, too!
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I ALWAYS have little books in my bags, too! And a toy cell phone. lol!
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When you have to (re)move the car seat and travel potty to car pool to meetings
YES!! Or anywhere. I drive a very small car. I can’t have people in there unless I remove a ton of stuff! Good one!
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When you have a sippy cup, juice and snacks stashed at work so you can ensure you have all the proper items for the drive home.
When you wait all day to see your kid(s), then feel like a guilty jerk for looking forward to bedtime.
When there is playdough AND a wine opener in your purse (which has grown 10 sizes since you were in university)
I could go on for days…
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Oh man. I can relate to that bedtime one like whoa.
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When you get halfway through your day before a kind soul points out the peanut butter handprint on your back. *sigh*
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when you give a coworker a Sponge Bob Square Pants band-aid for their paper cut…
when bring your lunch to work and pull out fruit snacks for dessert…
when your cubicle wall is just as decorated with kid art as your refrigerator…
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Erica!!! These are all hilariously true!!
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I am such a working mom (as if there was any doubt).
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I read this post THREE TIMES today. Thank you, Shannon, for putting exactly what I’m feeling into beautiful words!
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So glad it resonates with you, Janelle!
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These are great! I would add… When you schedule meetings around pumping time…. and when people know not to bother you when your office door is closed.
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so many truths for me! especially this one
“When you feel guilty for working. And for not working…”
thx for the great list! i’ll add “when you get dressed in the dark five days a week because your kids and husband are still asleep in the room… and your outfits work out about half the time because of it
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When you send a text to your boss saying “I am gonna be a little late… one of my kids pooped her pants and my gas tank is on empty”.
When you drop your kids off at school and realize one of them isn’t wearing any shoes and they all have yogurt mustaches from drinking their breakfast in the car.
I can so relate to all of these.
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when you buy your seven year old an iTouch so she can face time with you when you’re away on business trips… even though you said you never would
when your office knows your nanny by first name
when your boss knows that if it is said nanny calling you’re going to take the call no matter the time or what meeting you’re in
when you’re judged at daycare or school drop off for being the only one actually dressed for the day…. and the only one already running late
So true! I find myself always on the computer as soon as my little price is asleep.
Great list!