(Updated March 25, 2015) Wow! I was thrilled to be contacted by The Huffington Post this afternoon about reprinting this piece, so you can now find the full text over there. Getting published on HuffPo was one of my career goals for 2015, so… Continue Reading “Dear Mommy Wars, here’s why you frustrate me”
I feel like my career has changed a lot in the past year — even just in the last few months. New opportunities keep popping up, and I’m seizing them all the way I pick out the purple and orange Skittles first. BuzzFeed Canada… Continue Reading “Coffee + Timbits + trying something new”
This has been kind of a rough week. I spent most of the day thinking that I was much, much busier than last week, but a quick check of my calendar shows that, no, I was this busy last week. And the week before.… Continue Reading “That elusive balance”
We all know about SAHMs (stay-at-home moms), WOHMs (work-out-of-the-home moms), and WAHMs (work-at-home moms). But I’d like to invent a brand-new acronym: “WWSP,” for work-while-they’re-sleeping parent. There are more and more of us WWSPs, and we really aren’t the same as a work-at-home parent… Continue Reading “SAHMs, WAHMs, WOHMs, and … WWSPs? / Working from home while your kiddo is napping”
Darling Husband’s shiftwork. I know there are times when it’s a good thing, but depending on what schedule he’s on, it can be a real bitch. On his current rotation, he leaves in the middle of the night, so the kids and I are… Continue Reading “Five insignificant things that are frustrating me right now”