Tag: back to work
Not leaning. Treading water.
I’m going to be that person who references a book without having read it. That’s a terrible kind of person to be. And yet here I am, being it. But I keep hearing about Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, and I’ve read synopses and reviews and watched her on YouTube, [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2013 under family, good things, life, thinking too much, work.
Tags: back to work, feminism, lean in, leaning in, sheryl sandberg, work, work-life balance
Comments: 14
We are screaming about pie
Actually, it’s not about the pie. We’ve come out the other side of a pretty stressful few weeks and I can say that I mostly survived. Everything happened that was supposed to, the major pieces have fallen into place. I am back at work. I have reliable childcare. We celebrated two birthdays. I looked after [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2012 under bad things, family, food, work.
Tags: back to work, feelings, kids, making work work, tantrums
Comments: 2
Naot Shoes: There’s no place like work, there’s no place like work
About a year ago, a tornado picked me up and put me down in mat leave land. It’s full of munchkins and requires courage, heart and brains to plow through. I didn’t get attacked by any witches, but I did click my ruby-red slippers together yesterday and found myself briefly back at my cubicle for [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2012 under good things, product review, work.
Tags: back to work, commuting, naot shoes, naots, ruby red slippers
Comments: 3
Laundry tales
This post isn’t about laundry, actually. But it’s going to start there. My (older) children are now so convinced that I am the all-seeing, all-knowing mother deity I claim to be that if the wrong clothes are sorted into their drawers, they will insist on wearing them anyway, because IT WAS IN MY DRAWER SO [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2012 under bad things, family, good things, life, thinking too much, work.
Tags: back to work, blogging, laundry, maternity leave, work, writing
Comments: 3