Forgive me! I’ve not written since a few weeks before Emily turned 4 years of age back in November 2020. Around this time the world was at a funny place and I had absolutely no interest to write whatsoever. Fast forward to now, Wednesday 9th of February 2022 and I felt the need to write…
Category: Work from home
It’s been a mad few weeks hence the reason I’ve not written…
Apologies for the radio silence, it’s been a mad few weeks since my last post on here. We’ve had a few hospital trips, a few bouts of sickness and a lot of moaning about the weather. It’s just been hectic. And whilst all is ok now, I just haven’t really found the time to sit…
Time, I seem to never have any anymore now that I’m full time working again
When you have a child you notice how quickly time flies. You know that good old saying “they grow up so fast,” you never really knew how true it was until you have children. Since I’ve had Emily the time has flown by like no tomorrow. I never realised how precious time is, because the…
I’ve forgotten what commuting feels like and I don’t miss it… !
I joined the thousands of other commuters who travel to London Friday morning for a meeting and event in the afternoon. I’ll admit I’ve not commuted in over 6 years, which seems almost insane thinking about it. But with a meeting at 10am in Highbury, I needed to get the 8.01am train from Ramsgate to…
I’m turning on my out of office for a few days, I need a break
Ok technically I’m turning off my work emails and not my blog or social because, well they’ll always be on, but it’s so good to be going away for a few days just to not worry or think about work. We’re not going far away or to a tropical island but to the gorgeous town…
Companies should hire more stay-at-home parents
A couple of weeks ago there was an article shared on professional network LinkedIn about employers shunning stay-at-home parents in favour of full-time onsite staff instead. I commented, I needed to because I am not only a stay-at-home parent, but I work from home, and I too feel the wreath of the big boots who…
We went to Giovanni Fletcher’s book signing in Canterbury
If you don’t know much about Giovanna, she grew up in Essex with her Italian dad Mario, mum Kim, big sister Giorgina and little brother Mario (he was on TOWIE), and with family playing such a big part of her life it was only natural that she had always dreamed of having children of her…
I had a meeting in London last week and left Emily at home with her granny
I had a meeting in London for the first time last Thursday and it was weird not having my little side-kick with me. Emily, not fazed one bit by my departure, spent the morning with her granny, whilst I took the high-speed service from Ramsgate to London’s Kings Cross for a meeting in Chancery Lane….
Working from home as a mother requires way more than just motivation…
Working from home isn’t about motivation anymore. I have plenty of that. Working from home with a baby requires way more than motivation alone, it requires discipline and the art of handling your time. It’s all about time management. I wake at 6am, about 30 mins later than about 2 weeks ago, as the teething…
Where does Emily get the energy from for her Jumperoo?!
Emily loves her jumperoo. Constantly jumping , jumping, jump, jump, juuuuummmmmp, jumping, jumping in it. I honestly don’t know where she gets the energy from and I also can’t understand why she doesn’t drop off (sleep) to afterwards. She’s obsessed with it. But, unlike most other babies, if I leave her for too long jumping…
Sorry if I’m snappy but it’s not all plain sailing being a working parent you know.
So the past few weeks, since I’ve started getting back into a routine of working from home and juggling being a mum, I’ve been snappy, I’ll admit it. More so than usual. But apparently this isn’t ok. Surviving on little sleep as Emily struggles with the latest bout of teething and insists on being in…
Missy, Me & Him 