It has been a hellish week. Not only have I had a nasty cold all week, I've been on call until every night until 11:00 pm as part of a week-long emergency preparedness exercise at work. Whoever designed this exercise obviously didn't have small children. The bulk of the calls and emails I had to reply to were smack dab in the middle of family time.
Last night, I had to sit in on a conference call at 6:15 pm. It's a good thing I was able to mute the line because all hell broke loose in the background. The second that the little guy realized that he wasn't going to get my full attention, he had a full on temper tantrum. Despite hubby's best efforts to keep him busy and happy while I worked, he managed to burst into the room and started yelling, "Mommy, I need you!" I felt awful shooing him out of the room, especially since my call was about a fake emergency situation. As daddy escorted him away I could hear cries of, "I want my Mommy!"
Thankfully, I will be able to take some compensatory time off for the overtime. I'd like to take a day off in the next few weeks to just hang out with him and do something fun.
Thank God it's Friday! Bring on the weekend.
1 comment:
there is no way in hell that i could ever manage to a conference call from THIS home. it just would never work. happy tgif to you! you deserve it.
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