Pajamas and Working from Home

As many of you know I am a serial entrepreneur. I work from home and frankly, never plan to work solely from an office EVER again. Most days I love it. What is not to love? I call all the shots - pick my clients, never have to engage in office cooler drama, no lame "waste the whole day" meetings and have the luxury to work in my pajamas. ( that is if I didn't have to take the kids to school first) Oh how that seemed like the ultimate perk, no more suits or showering!

As a work from home mom, it is great that Saturday isn't dedicated to laundry and cleaning house. In theory, I can throw a load in at anytime or buy groceries in the middle of the day without the kids. (I never remember to do so, but I could if wanted to to)

I have to say, I have NEVER worked so hard in my life. Gone are the days of leisure lunches and expense accounts. Oh how I miss those. Working from home, means everyone thinks that I now have to manage everything at home because I have "more time", right? The PTA, the household, hire the person to trim the trees, bake snacks for the soccer team, make lunches, worry about health care and bill at least 40 hours a week. Running a business means worrying about cash flow, growing your business and managing your reputation and employees. Running a blog means you have to take care of it, like a child on a daily basis. Some days stink! But most days I have to just laugh/marvel and the insanity I have set up for myself.

Some things I laugh.marvel at on a daily basis:
*Squirrels: I have recently converted my garage into my office - it is still in process. But I marvel at how much noise those little critters make and how quickly they run along my back fence.
* No matter how much time I have - dinner is still not made early enough. The belief that would not serve dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets to my kids ever again when I worked for myself was a DELUSION. HA!
* Shopping for office supplies is an obsession I. MUST. deal with. One really doesn't need all those folders or fancy paper clips- oh, but I can't help myself.
* Twitter is NOT your friend when you have a report to do.
* Twitter is perfect when you want to have some "water cooler" discussion about Sarah Palin.
* There just are not enough hours in the day.
* Wine makes night time work MUCH better.
* I have not worked from home in my jammies yet - I must be doing something wrong. Dang!

Comments

[Susan]

Aww....squirrels are cute! Haha, but I know what you mean. I have an owl sitting outside and I didn't realize how much hooting they do!

[Rick @ Tiny Prints]

"Wine makes night time work MUCH better" words to live by!

[Beth]

Hunnybunny has just begun working from home. He calls working in his briefs, "Wardrobe optional". And he's getting on my nerves being at home so much.

[Nicole/wksocmom]

Even I've worked from home in my jammies, and I'm a WOHM :)

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