Hi hope you will be gentle with me and welcome me to this new blog thing. Thought I would start with giving you some background to why I decided to start this thing. Well as I write this my 5 year old, looking at the picture asks " mummy can you do those two things... at once?" made me laugh, felt like saying aren't I doing that now!?!? Seems it goes unnoticed unless it's in a picture I guess. Well my hubby told me about the lady who has written a blog about the secrecy of breaking virginity and how successful it is, not that I want to go into those sorts of things but realising that her blog became a great book, made me think about the opportunity!!! Yes I hear you... so you think that will happen to you?...err, noo, not exactly, wouldn't be a bad thing though!
It's just that I figure I would write and air my views, complaints, frustrations, loves and laughs here and share it, might end up being quite therapeutic, save my hubby's ears and who knows...
So it all kicked off with my work you see, being an assistant headteacher in a secondary school has its challenges, but not the school kids... no, more like that work-life balance thing, so if you've cracked it pleeease, let me know. How can I want to spend time with my sick child, who has chicken pox and in spite of this be asked to still come into work 'as it is the worst time I could be off'!!! Helloooooo!!! which part of sick child did you not read???
Let me see, sick child... work... sick child... work... sick child... yes, that's the one that resonates with me. Nevertheless, the bit about being one of the most able and reliable members of the team did have a bit of an influence on me if I'm honest, so off I went the very next day to work, in spite of a night of broken sleep and about 3 hours in total of any sleep and extremely tired, not to mention menstrually challenged.
It was time for our team also at the end of the week to have residential and of course, good ole hubby has already taken time off to be with our kids so I can pursue my work yet again but in spite of this, I was again given emails making it clear that my wanting to be at home with sick child was not good enough in favour of spending quality time and 'bonding' time with my colleagues ( by the way who I see in total of 40 hours at least per week! - while I see my sons possibly ... wait for it.... 40 hours a week, on a good week ( not counting sleeping - eyes are closed so not seeing them!!! Just in case you wanted to be pedantic)
Just made me mad! But being the good soldier I am, I did everything in good stead, result, work carries on... implication, hubby's life is not important enough or even considered nevermind the kids. But then again, why should anyone else care but me? So I need to make a stand...
I don't know how I will keep this up, hope I will but this has been great! See you in the next instalement until then....
