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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

When is a Good Time to Return to Work?

September 29, 2010 by Kate Mayer 2 Comments

When is a good time to go back to work?

How do you know it’s time to go back to work after being a stay at home mom?

When the time is right, you think you will know it. But sometimes, stay-at-home moms don’t realize they’re the last ones, um, staying.

All you new moms sitting home on maxi-pads the size of volkswagons, with bloody, cracked nipples (you know who you are), crying over McDonald’s commercials holding a beautiful baby you can’t stop looking at, I’m not talking to you.

Nor am I talking to those with multiple car seats, sippy cups and little baggies of cheerios all over the floor of their van (see, I said ‘van,’ clearly a sign I should be working).

However, if you’re teaching your kids to drive, stalking their Facebook photos for notorious red plastic cups, and buying Costco-size toilet paper reams, you may want to read on.

NEWSFLASH: Getting a job, internship, professional work experience during school hours will not eliminate you from your kids’ lives. There’s just a whole lot of down time during the school day that can and should be navigated wisely to remind you of the you you used to know. She’s in there.

Next post: 10 Sure-Fire Signs It’s Time to Return to Work.


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  1. Anonymous says

    September 29, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    You’re dating yourself, now we have crossovers…when is the next post coming out???

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  2. Kathy (Return-to-Work Mom) says

    September 30, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Crossover, schmozzover. Those minivans were the bomb! Mine was like a clown car — I could always fit the kids, their crap, and all the neighbors as well, and even more after a game. gotta love the minivan.

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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