Working Away from Home
Posted by Mom at 12:31pm in Work At HomeI’ve been reading many blogs lately written by work at home moms and dads who work for themselves.
I still work for “the man”. My goal is to one day work at home for ME.
Working for someone else has advantages, such as the wonderful health insurance benefits that covered our oldest daughter’s ICU stay this year. Without that coverage, we would each be working three jobs for the next few years to pay that enormous bill! Another perk is my 401K. The company has an excellent matching program and I now that I am fully vested the money is all mine.
One disadvantage is having to travel now and then to participate in projects or company meetings that require face-to-face time. I don’t mind occasional travel and I enjoy meeting up with my fellow co-workers. However, it does take a lot of energy for me to coordinate my children’s care, meals, and schedules so that I can go away.
This past week, I went to one of our offices to work on a migration project. I could have done the majority of work from home and employed a local consultant to help, but I decided to go and save the company some money.
I haven’t left Baby A alone yet, so Dad and the youngest kids came with. It worked out great because I was able to get things done while he took the kids out exploring a new town. They also enjoyed frequent trips to the hotel pool and meals out.
It was a long and hard workweek for me and I am exhausted. I am happy to be HOME and thankfully I don’t have to travel again until sometime next year.
