I have started a new job. It’s been about 3 weeks and I’m not happy. This of course isn’t helping me chase the black dog off, he is taking full advantage of it and I’m uptight for letting myself let it happen. Lots of mums work I know this. I have to work I also know this BUT I DON”T HAVE to like it.
It’s a night job telemarketing. I don’t “cold call” people which is a saving grace, these people I phone have entered a competition and although they didn’t win the major prize we are phoning them to offer them a great deal. And yeah the deal is pretty good.
The trouble is, I don’t get to eat with my family any more. I leave at 3 or 4pm depending on the day and don’t get home till after 9.30pm. I don’t get to help them with their homework, I don’t have tea with them, I don’t get to snuggle in the evenings and listen to them and I don’t get to put them to bed.
Today I am really feeling it as my DD11 is in a concert and I won’t get to see it. I am heartbroken.
I am so tired. Because I am home through the day I still have to do all the stuff I did before. Do all the chores and errands required. Prepare tea and have it cooking (god bless slowcookers), get up to sick kids through the night. Eh who am I trying to kid most of us know what it’s like.
All I see of my girls in the morning is telling them to get ready for school. Chasing the 4 of them up takes about 2 hours. So there is no real time there. In the afternoon it’s about 1/2 hour. If I’ve been good then I get to spend a little time but some days I’m running round trying to do last minute things.
I had been making a go of changing the way we eat but DH won’t bother and even if I have something almost done a few times I have come home to find it scrapped and he has gone out and bought what he wants.
Oh well rant over. I have to hang a load of washing, prepare tea, feed the animals, clean the house and put the rest of the shopping away.
hang in there!
Perhaps hubby can hang the washing, grab shopping on the way home and feed the animals? If you are both working full time, to my mind, both should pitch in and share the load, it is too hard otherwise.
Blessings:)