Do you ever feel like you have been racing around desperately all day yet feel as though you have accomplished nothing, and the house is still a mess? I feel as though I have so many things on my to-do list that I am simply swatting at flies randomly, with no logical order. I forget to do important things and remember to do odd things like re-fill the pepper grinder.
My neighbor Beth and I have discussed starting a group for moms who are heading back to the workforce, and I think that is just a great idea. I think that it will be a big adjustment going from a job where the people I spend time with change their focus every twenty seconds, and might be talking to me about something desperately! important! that they forget about as soon as they spot an interesting crumb on the floor. I think that we should call the group Emerging Mamas. There is a great room that we can rent at Wilde Roast Cafe in Minneapolis. My vision is that we will get together once per month or week or so, and go over questions, and talk about challenges such as loosing the “frantic mama” hairstyle. I also need to learn how to wear make-up again. I’d like to also have guest mamas who have returned to work who can give advice.
I have been working on the Emerge website for about a year now, little bits here and there, and it is finally at a place where I feel really great about it. I am a terrible marketing person, so I don’t know exactly how to get the word out. I am so bad that I actually get embarassed when people ask me about it. I have spent more time on it than I think my family would have liked, and have spent a great deal of time feeling pretty guilty, but then I keep reminding myself that I need to have something going on, that is just me. I have had to make rules for myself though, that I only use the computer a certain times of the day or late at night. I think that even my husband is getting annoyed at how much time I spend on the darn thing. But I think that all of the tinkering is done. Now I just need to maintain it.
I better check out now!
