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Guest Article: Day in the Life of a Work at Home Mother

© Bonny Albo

by Kristie Tamsevicius

Tiny footsteps pitter-patter over to my bedside. "Ma Ma, 'blanka' . . ." It's 5:15 am, time to get up. I take my daughter's hand and head downstairs to find her favorite blanket and begin the workday. I pour myself a strong cup of coffee and dial in to check email. Thirty-seven new ones. Delete, delete, delete. I dredge through the spam wasteland searching for the important client messages.

Brushing my bed-head hair out of my eyes, I write out a to do list; calls to make, projects that are due, etc. A sense of exhilaration runs through me. Today I finish my new ebook.

Memories of corporate life flash before me; the dreaded commute, the boss, and working 9 to 5. I sometimes miss the adult conversations around the water cooler. Glancing down to my 5-year-old daughter lying curled up with her blanket, I smile to myself, "Thank God I can be home with my babies!"

The phone rings. My client asks if now is a good time to talk. "Sure, now is a good time," I stop my work in progress. As we discuss plans for his web site, my 2-year-old son interrupts "Ju ba! JU BA! JUU BAA!" he yells at steadily increasing tones. "Can you hold minute please?" I put my client on hold. We won't have much of a conversation, unless my son gets his morning chocolate milk NOW!

I charge over to the kitchen, pour a cup of chocolate milk, and hand it to my son, who is still jumping up and down. Dashing back to my desk, I arrive to find my daughter is "entertaining" my client on the phone. Horrified, I take the phone away and politely scold her. Luckily my client is amused and explains that my daughter was telling him how Mommy prepares her little brother's morning Ju Ba. I think back to my client's question, "Is now a good time?" Realizing that the answer is "No!", we reschedule our meeting for another time. Whew! Now I can get back to my ebook.

Thankfully, my coffee has "kicked in". As I begin the final revisions, I revel in my sense of accomplishment. Here I am at age 30, owner of my own business, and now a soon to be author. Life doesn't get much better than this!

I glance at the clock; "Yikes!" one more hour until my daughter's preschool

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