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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

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For this I Blew Dry My Hair?

September 20, 2011 by Kate Mayer 5 Comments

I work from home.

Which means everything you think it does.

No shower, working in PJs, laundry everywhere, conference calls during soccer practice, the works.

Once a week, however, I meet with LadyBoss, face-to-face, for a two-hour whirlwind brainstorm of to-do lists, what ifs, and careful examination of where we’re going and where we’ve been. Or more specifically, where I’m going and where I’ve been. And some kid talk too, because if she weren’t signing my paycheck, we’d be friends.

And for this, with much effort, I transform: I blow dry my hair, put on big-girl clothes and dress-up shoes. So she firmly believes she hired a grown up.

Which she did.

Mostly.

But sometimes LadyBoss cancels, because she is a one-woman show pulled in many, many directions and she 100% trusts I’m pulling my weight and hers, and I’m flexible and easy to reschedule.

Because I work from home.

Except, godfriggin’damnit, today she cancelled AFTER I already blew dry my hair and put on make-up, and dress-up clothes. If I’m already dressed, come hell or high water (had both recently, thank you slut face Hurrican Irene), DO NOT CANCEL.

Because now here I sit, with good hair, make-up, and big girl clothes, and absolutely no one to appreciate the time, effort and exhaustion that goes into the massive timesuck. And only the dog notices I don’t smell like 5-jog old under armor (read it again, you can smell me from there).

But mostly, it means I need to get dressed twice this week. Which is not easy for me.

Those who know me in real life as opposed to blogging life, know I clean up well, but not often. Which is exactly why working from home works for me.


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  1. Cathy Roche, LMFT says

    September 20, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    I feel the same way when a client cancels. I do not need to dress up for my dogs or children.

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  2. Robin K says

    September 20, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    I love you in your Chucky Ts!

    You work it well. Inspiring.

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  3. Kathy (p/t writer, f/t mom) says

    September 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    I’d rather pay someone to come blowdry my hair than mow my lawn. Priorities people, priorities.

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  4. vbjenn says

    September 20, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    wore professional clothes because a parent wanted a conference… They called and changed their mind… I even shaved my legs!!!

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  5. Kelli, Kellogg, Kellzer, Calleen, Squaleen..whatever says

    September 28, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Next time she cancels, don’t waste that primping on staying home, take that look to the streets and spend your “WFH” time working from the local coffee shop! It’s kinda nice to get out of the house every once in a while and work “remotely”.

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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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