The Stay-At-Home, Working Mum

Posted by Vulnadia on Oct 08, 2008 at 09:58 AM So, does anybody else have problems with some people just not understanding what all that a stay-at-home working mum actually must accomplish during the day??? Lately, with my two very big projects under way, I have been being told that I have too much free time on my hands and have some people daring to suggest that I should be spending all of it on tasks that they are of an opinion are more important than what I do at home. I have explained to them that I also have 2 real paying jobs that I must also work (even though it is from home) in addition to taking care of my little people on their schedule & playing Jeeves the driver for my eldest who must be picked up each day from school then taken to the Renzi Center,(then my little people are taken home & unloaded changed from their nap & given a snack, fed dinner at 4:45) then we re-load the car & go & pick up the eldest for 5:30 nearly every day of the week. Somehow in all of that daytime, I must find time to fit in working both of my jobs while taking care of my little people who have antics that must be anticipated, watched for, listened for, and ultimately headed off before major accident can occur! I am not even adding in my nights, yet! After I get my children into bed each night, I must head out to my project rehearsals three days out of the week, and on the off days, I am required to be out working on my project site. I have problems getting everything covered to begin with, and I haven't even accounted for shopping for grocerys and other necessary objects that a household requires such as soap and milk, not to mention the supplies needed for school projects and my big BIG projects. I just get offended for some reason. I try not to be, though. I try to explain my situation, but its like talking to people who just don't get it. They have that "You just sit at home watching soap operas drinking martinis & eating bonbons by the case" attitude about them. I basically am being stereotyped. Then these same folks dare to say that I need to be doing other things of their own opinion and choosing and then they attempt to saddle me with yet more things to do. This has become very frustrating as of late! Maybe it's just stress that has me frustrated with these folks, who knows. I know that I am in a very different situation than most ladies, but I am still what I like to think of as "You're average everyday Mum!" So has anybody else run into this problem in the stay at home yet still working Mum category yet?