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We’ve been talking a lot about untraditional career paths here over the last few weeks. After all, with the changing economy, people are looking for ways to keep their heads afloat while spending quality time with their families. My life has changed over the last few years for that very […]
This weekend, I forgot that it was daylight savings. So when I got up and made breakfast and took the dog out and cleaned and finally, got dressed, I looked at the clock on the cable box and went… “huh?” Then I remembered, we set the clocks back an hour. Immediately I felt a weight […]
Do you take your full vacation? Or perhaps a better question is, do you get vacation time?
According to an initiative called “Time Back Your Time” vacation time for the United States isn’t a sure thing. More than that, a small percentage of people (14%) “will get a vacation of two weeks or longer this year.” […]
“Mom, how do you and dad get paid in the summer?” asked my 11 year old son.
My husband is a teacher, and he gets paid year round rather than 9 months, because well, we like food, clothing and shelter, even in the summer, and, I get paid year round because I work year round. […]
The holidays are over, and, it’s back to the routine for many of us.
We’ve enjoyed not having to keep up with homework, many (but, not all around here) sports practices have been on hiatus, and, even if you’ve had to go to work the past couple of weeks, it’s likely that the evening routine hasn’t […]
My husband is a teacher, and, one of the advantages (No, it’s not the pay, but that was a good guess. Not.) is that he can sometimes get to the kids’ school activities that are near the end of the school day.
Today was the kindergarten Halloween party, and, the room mother called me last week […]
It’s vacation time for us!
As if getting ready for a vacation isn’t hectic enough, we just got back from another trip, we have to pick up my daughter from camp before we can get on the road, and, we have to drop off the middle child the day after we get back, so, all his […]
Summer is vacation season. There all kinds of hints about decompressing after vacation, but, what about if you have trouble relaxing enough to get into a vacation?
I know when I have time off, sometimes the pressure of having to relax because, “it’s vacation” (Relax! Now!) has the opposite effect on me.
Sometimes, I have trouble […]
Every working parent, at one time or another, has experienced the futility of a planned day off from work.
We’ve grown to accept the fact that time away from work nearly always involves a sick kid, a field trip, a school holiday, or, the dreaded early school dismissal.
If you are brave enough to plan a day […]
I am fortunate to have a job that has paid sick and vacation days.
Before I had children, and, aging parents, I didn’t think much of the hours, they were there if I needed them, and, I accrued them at some rate or another, it didn’t really matter much.
But, then along came children, and, I had […]
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