January 5th, 2010

Not Ready Yet

Oh yes it is 2010 already! And no I am not organized and ready. I meant to have my first “Memory Lane Monday” post up yesterday. Clearly it didn’t happen though. I have it written – in my head, you know. Kind of. Sort of.

Next week for sure. Anyone want to join me? I’m going to be sharing some pictures and memories of the many (MANY!!!) houses I’ve lived in over the years. I wasn’t an Army kid, in fact, I bet I moved more than the average military family. Best count was about 30 house by age 20. Since then I’ve been in control and moved less – maybe 5 times total, only twice in the last 10 years. And we’ll be staying put in our current house for many years to come (I hope).

Anyway – just a short post today to share that. And to whine, yet again, that dropping BabyBoy off at the dayhome this morning? It was no better than last year. I wish I could shake the guilt I feel sitting here in my wonderfully quiet house. I met a client this morning to get some work. I have been drafting some documents for another client and making phone calls for a third. I AM working – but I’m also going to the pool this afternoon for some exercise. So yep, guilt as usual. I know it will be fine when I pick him up later – and it will  be fine until next Tuesday. Sigh.

I wonder if it would be easier if he went to daycare more regularly than once a week? Or worse? Any thoughts from other part-time childcare moms?

May 9th, 2009

Take Your Work on Vacation

I was catching up on my google reader a little this afternoon while baby sleeps and the two big boys play on the trampoline. I love the girls over at Freelance Parent, but Tamara’s post about her vacation and lack of internet really made me stop and think!

Am I really going to be able to get much work done while I’m in California? For certain clients I know I will have no problem, I work for them hourly and only as needed – I usually know several days in advance exactly what their needs are. I do some fairly regular work for a couple of clients but the truth is that right now I rarely ever bill more than 10 hours a week anyway, easy enough to fit into my schedule. I think mostly my networking/interacting time will be affected. I won’t even try to blog on my biz blog I think and I may or may not get anything up here at Mobile Mommy.

I specifically chose a hotel that had free wireless internet and I have my cellphone as a backup for mobile internet access (a pricey option since my “unlimited” plan doesn’t cover out of country usage). I’m not taking my main laptop for fear of losing it, but I have a less expensive but usable laptop to take with me. My files are all automatically backed up via SugarSync so I can easily access all my files wherever I am, plus of course my project management and email are all web-based and easy for me to get to from wherever I am.

I really do think I’ll have it under control, but I’ll be sure to let you all know how it went after the trip is over (only 18 days before we leave!!!)

February 27th, 2009

Moving Into March

Yay for March. I’m so, so, so, so, so (you get the idea!!) tired of winter. Now, I live in Alberta so March is still winter, but it’s finally (usually) the milder part of winter. We may get another snowstorm or two, but hopefully no more -30 degree days!

Also looking forward to a wedding reception in mid-March, was hoping I’d be mid-way to goal weight by then, not looking so good right now! Guess I’ll have to work a little harder the next two weeks!

Oh and yeah – I’m starting March off with a bang (a good one hopefully, lol). If you follow me on Twitter you already know about this but I was interviewed by an anchor for our local CTV station about my Twitter usage, including how I’ve used it to build up my VA business. The spot is airing on Monday night (March 2nd) and I should be able to link to it by Tuesday sometime. You know, assuming I actually get a blog post up on time for a change!!

Ok, planned to write more tonight but I had a glass of wine (and I’m not even a wine drinker usually!) and I’m feeling seriously sleepy. I think I may go to bed early for a change and catch up. I worked until 11 or 11:30 pretty much every night this week and while I know I made some clients happy, I’m left feeling worn out. Especially since last weekend was horrible for sleep due to all the sick kiddos. Soy still has a runny nose but otherwise everyone is pretty healthy, so hopefully this weekend will be much better. Plus tomorrow night I’m having scrabble night with the BFF, so it should be a pleasant weekend – only better if DH was home instead of still working away!!

Night all!
Laurie/aka Mobile Mommy