Knock Yourself out - Get others to do the same

• As Economy Slumps, Firms Line Up to Hire Skilled Foreign Workers - Tli
  • Very well said! - sm - kellie
  • That is What I am asking Obama-here's my letter to him (long) - CC
    • Excellent letter CC! nm - MTToo
    • Not just Obama, send to all your representatives - & Senators. nm
    • Have you thought about sending this letter & story - to 60 minutes? The time is certainly - sm
      • I just sent it to 60 Minutes staff writer - You guys help me- please read - CC
        • Sent It to New York Times and Associated Press - CC
        • I'm going to write my own letter. Harder to ignore if - Topaz
      • And Lou Dobbs. - nm
        • the MQ clan has already went through all of this - mqmt
          • You may have noticed I did not say anything about the MT business - CC
            • True! Computer techs are all foreign. Used to be a good- - paying job in the US, but now those that- sm
              • Total # of outsourced jobs? More less the population of 3 entire states! - CC
    • CC... mind if I copy this verbatim and send as well? - absolutey
      • Knock Yourself out - Get others to do the same - CC
        • Before you send, please correct kind to can in the last sentence. - CC

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I think that mothers that can stay at home while working and raising a kid or two is wonderful, and YES being an MT mom at home is a career. I've spent many many years in the workforce outside the home, single and married, with and without kids. Not all of us working moms fit the stereotype (if there is one) that we don't know how to find jobs outside of being an MT at home. I have a BS degree from a real accredited university and everything (one I'm sure everyone has heard of), plus what I learned from MT schooling. I'm not trying to say I'm sooo smart or anything, but just trying to shoot down the idea about stay-at-home moms not caring about careers or anything, just pumping out the kids. I am not a supplement to my husband's income. We absolutely need what I bring in financially. I took a pay cut when I was making as much as my husband at one point outside the home because I wanted to have a career that I loved while raising kids. I didn't want my kids being raised by strangers in daycare. So there to all of you who look down at MT moms.

Just adopt a steady, calm exterior as you perform both jobs.  I would not try to get it all done.  I would do what I could but not frantically.  That's all you can physically do.  They can't expect all of it to get done with all of those interruptions.  It's not conducive to doing good work for either "hat" you are wearing. 

And since they are so fond of doubling up duties, tell them you'd like a free Pap smear, since they are doctors and went to med school.  Sheesh.  This is the most put-upon career, and it never stops to astonish me what new lows people will go to, to cheat us.  They must be good limbo dancers. 

Good luck to you.