More on working
If I didn’t have to work, would I still work? I would like to think not. But, who knows. I’m of the mind that until you’re faced with the decision, you really don’t know. I work for a really great company. I have a pretty decent work schedule. The work is relatively rewarding. Am I moving mountains and helping people - not, necessarily. Is it my passion in life - no. It’s just what I do to make a living. A friend of mine once said, “You never think of civil engineers as being important until a building, bridge, or dam fails.” Ultimately, I think children are the most important thing - if given a choice, you should stay home and raise them yourself. But I also know that being a Stay-At-Home-Mom is a really tough job. The toughest part of my day is not being at work, it’s being at home - it’s negotiating with your children; getting them to wait until dinner time with the family then getting them to eat their dinner, it’s getting them get dressed, get in the car; it’s dealing with the whining and crankiness in a patient way; watching what you say and how you say it; it’s cleaning up the house and having it get dirty as you’re cleaning it. I don’t understand why there is such an argument between stay-at-home and work-outside-the-home moms about which is harder. Dropping off your child to have someone else care for them and then having just a few hours a day to spend with your family, cook, shop, run errands, etc. is hard too. They are both HARD! Being a parent to young children is hard, demanding, taxing whether you’re with them all day or you’re with them a portion of the day.
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