Balance — how do working moms do it? Being a dog mom is hard!

KLH
KLH
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read

I love dogs. I love dogs that others don’t love. I have convinced my husband on 3 SEPARATE occasions that we need to adopt dogs. Well convinced is probably the wrong word. I’m a crier. I’m not just like a crier for sad movies, I’m a crier for dogs that need homes, for dogs that are unwanted, and for dogs that need love. My husband was sick of listening to me cry while scrolling through the website of a rescue dog site. So he caved and then he caved again, and then he caved one more time before he found an old law from our city’s website stating that it was not allowed to have more than 3 dogs. Thankfully for my husband, I am a rule follower so once I figured out the rule, that was the end of that. I’m really trying to move my career forward and I work long hours. My husband ends up taking out the dogs and feeding them much more than I do. I’m incredibly thankful for him, but also realized that my life would be incredibly different if he wasn’t around. Once in a very great while, I feed and walk the dogs by myself and its HARD. Its also hard when one is sick and I’m running to the vet I feel like I have a hard time balancing taking care of them and focusing on my job. I feel like people judge me at work if my butt isn’t in my seat — I know that’s not the case, but that doesn’t matter — its how I feel. How the heck do working moms do it? Dogs are one thing, but kids?! You can’t put kids in a kennel when you leave. I’m scared that if I were to have a kid how would I be able to balance being a mom and a manager. Would people be upset that I have to leave to pick up a child? Would they think I wasn’t pulling my weight? I KNOW I would worry about that. I barely get home and can make myself a meal. By making a meal, I mean warming something up that I pre-made on the weekend and then eating that same thing all week. If I had to take care of a child, would I need to make a variety of food? I’m horrible at cooking. These are the things I worry about.

KLH

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A thirty something woman trying to navigate life, business, faith, family, marriage — constantly pretending to know what I’m doing.