Maybe it was a knock-off from a mall kiosk.

• Shouldn't an employer pay - area value of job?
  • The card should have been given as gift cards for grocery stores, etc. - NOT just money to be spent willy nilly. nm
  • Actually, you can get one for about $500+ depending on the purse. - NM
    • THE POINT: The $2000 was for - necessities - Vuitton either
      • I'm just letting you know that they are - SM
  • People are screwed up in this world. Too many - Just me
  • She is only getting the money once. She bought an expensive purse SM - Anon
    • What burns me up is...... - SM
      • I am so with you on that one. When I went - SM
        • Yes, that's the truth.... Think about this... - SM
    • No, she does not.She will be asking us "the govt" to supply her necessities - txmt
    • I'm sure that she'll be right back in line....sm - Cindy
      • She could probably sell the purse on the street for cash, then use the cash for drugs. nm - Don't forget this option
      • 2000 is only the beginning - kr
        • You're not alone - me2
    • Anon, which post are you replying to? - JP
      • The one about the expensive purse. Can't you tell? nm - Anon
        • Yes, Sorry, saw it after I sent post - JP
  • Should they? Yes. Do they? You already know. sm - R
    • Maybe it was a knock-off from a mall kiosk. - nm
      • I read the story and they interviewed people who work in the - Just me
      • right! Fox would report a - knockoff being bought!

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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. 

People are crazy this time of year.  Hello chronic anxiety.