Ugh. Being sick is the one time that I truly miss being a full-time working mom. It used to be so nice to be able to take a sick day, drop Nicholas (he was the only one we had at the time) off at daycare and go back home to do nothing but lie around watching endless hours of day time tv in a house that was already clean & organized. (Note: NEVER move when you are 6 months pregnant and already have a toddler. Two years later you will still be catching up with the unpacking and organizing)
Now when I need a sick day I have to inconvenience other people & ask them to take a day off. If Eddie has to take a day or two off it also cuts into our family vacations later in the year because he only gets 15 days throughout the entire year that he can take off. Using them for babysitting days while I’m sick leaves less time with him during holidays and for vacations. Boo.
Thankfully, my mom (who otherwise would have been working until late that night) and little brother were able to come for a few hours last night & bring dinner and my dad & step-mom are taking off from work and coming today. Eddie was able to get an alternate and he will be home VERY late tonight to be here for me tomorrow, which makes me very happy, but also feeling guilty at the same time.
That’s four people who will have had to miss work within a 36-hour time span to help one stay-at-home mom.
Hey, government, are you reading that?
4:1
So now 3 out of those 4 are taking paid personal days and other people are getting paid to do their jobs, for example Eddie’s alternate is also getting paid for 12+ hours of travel time and the overtime he’ll be putting in this week.
hmmm…maybe companies looking to cut costs should look into hiring babysitters to rotate among wives of their employees who need sick days. It would be much less expensive to hire me a babysitter than pay two engineers.
Well, at least there is an up side.
Apparently my getting sick is more effective than a government stimulus program AND a bunch of people get to have special bonding time with their kids & grandkids in the process.
Just doing my patriotic duty.
You’re welcome.
I AGREE! Mothers, working mothers, stay at home moms- we need help! and we arent ashamed to ask!
People who dont have kids do not understand….maybe we should come up with a babysitting service and recruit for sick moms…screen them and background checks. ready when you need them….
hmmm…….
Steffi,
We’re too late, there is a site like that already. http://www.care.com/
I do think, though, that it would probably be cheaper for companies in a lot of ways to offer 3 days a year or so with a service like that as part of their benefits package. Maybe when I’m better I’ll stand on a street corner wearing a sandwich sign and asking people to sign petitions. 🙂
If you get a petition started, I’ll sign it! I miss sick days too! Now I just have to suck it up unless I am literally at death’s door. It’s the pits!
Oh man, isn’t that the truth!! I got a good laugh from this post because I’ve felt that guilt and also thought that same thing, there SHOULD be someone who can help us SAHM’s when we’re sick!
Danielle
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(Found your blog through the pic you posted on Ana White’s FB…LOVE the island!!)