VHunter
Well-Known Member
To those technicians working from home, who have young children not yet in school..... if you have a busy schedule... how do you find it?
Recently, my clientel has increased dramatically.
My hours are Monday to Sunday, 6pm to 10:30pm, and Saturdays during the day as well.
This equals 35hrs per week. The evenings, I'm booked SOLID all the time now. The Saturdays aren't full yet, but getting there.
Usually, at night my hubby watches the kids, and on saturdays, my mom and mother in law take turns for the time being with the kids. Once my saturdays are solidly full THEN I'll hire a sitter. (I refuse to pay for a sitter for only 1 to 3 clients in the day..... not worth it).
I also do Avon. (which isn't hugely time consuming EXCEPT that one morning/day of every campaign - every 2 to 3wks - I spend several hours packing the orders for clients, and doing their invoicing on the computer)
Then there's fundraising for the preschool and other related work (it's a co-op, so we all pitch in). My own housework. Accounting and ordering of stock etc for my own business, updating of site, research... (on top of the client hours).
Two nights a week, I have t-ball for my daughter, for which I need to be at the park, so that's 4hrs out of my schedule.
Two mornings a week, my daughter's have a playdate with friends.
Summer is here, they want to be outside OF COURSE.... and so if I'm at the park, I can't very well scrub a toilet or fold laundry.
Up until recently, I've managed just fine.
BUT now I'm finding I'm spreading myself too thin.
Hubby, I think, I has a death wish.:irked: Whilst I was scrubbing the small bathroom's floor the other night - ON HANDS AND KNEES LITERALLY - he had the ruddy nerve to complain I hadn't emptied any trashcans:!::irked::grr:
If I could have shot him, I likely would have!
Ordinarily, he's great... but lately... expecting far too much.
My girls are 3 and 5yrs old. NOT in school yet. One has preschool 3 mornings of the week and is back for lunch. But I have the other full time.
I simply can't find enough hours in a day.
In the last few weeks, housekeeping has slipped in a few areas.
How do you cope? Did you wind up hiring a sitter?
At this moment... I'm sitting here with Avon boxes waiting to be unpacked and bagged and invoiced for clients.
I have a load of laundry in the dryer calling my name and a bathroom that needs scrubbing... among other things
when business is full time, HOW do you manage to get everything done?
I'm feeling very overwhelmed this morning.
I don't like it when my house isn't up to par. It stresses me out. The ONLY time I have for "me" is around midnight on the computer. Otherwise, I'm with a client or with my kids or doing something around the house.
Example: Tomorrow morning I have 3 clients, then I go to the pre-school for a fundraising garage sale for which I have to do some work (AND I HAVE TO BAKE SOMETHING TODAY FOR IT), then I come home, make dinner for the monkeys THEN I have 2 more clients and oooooooooh, guess what? The day is over and it's 10/11pm at night.
I'm LOSING IT!
Any suggestions appreciated.
I'm looking at getting a 'cheap' pda IF I can... crossing fingers.... maybe if I can try to organize better?
Help, I'm drowning
:lol:
(ps: don't get me wrong, I'm LOVING the recent upswing in business, just feeling overwhelmed)
Recently, my clientel has increased dramatically.
My hours are Monday to Sunday, 6pm to 10:30pm, and Saturdays during the day as well.
This equals 35hrs per week. The evenings, I'm booked SOLID all the time now. The Saturdays aren't full yet, but getting there.
Usually, at night my hubby watches the kids, and on saturdays, my mom and mother in law take turns for the time being with the kids. Once my saturdays are solidly full THEN I'll hire a sitter. (I refuse to pay for a sitter for only 1 to 3 clients in the day..... not worth it).
I also do Avon. (which isn't hugely time consuming EXCEPT that one morning/day of every campaign - every 2 to 3wks - I spend several hours packing the orders for clients, and doing their invoicing on the computer)
Then there's fundraising for the preschool and other related work (it's a co-op, so we all pitch in). My own housework. Accounting and ordering of stock etc for my own business, updating of site, research... (on top of the client hours).
Two nights a week, I have t-ball for my daughter, for which I need to be at the park, so that's 4hrs out of my schedule.
Two mornings a week, my daughter's have a playdate with friends.
Summer is here, they want to be outside OF COURSE.... and so if I'm at the park, I can't very well scrub a toilet or fold laundry.
Up until recently, I've managed just fine.
BUT now I'm finding I'm spreading myself too thin.
Hubby, I think, I has a death wish.:irked: Whilst I was scrubbing the small bathroom's floor the other night - ON HANDS AND KNEES LITERALLY - he had the ruddy nerve to complain I hadn't emptied any trashcans:!::irked::grr:
If I could have shot him, I likely would have!
Ordinarily, he's great... but lately... expecting far too much.
My girls are 3 and 5yrs old. NOT in school yet. One has preschool 3 mornings of the week and is back for lunch. But I have the other full time.
I simply can't find enough hours in a day.
In the last few weeks, housekeeping has slipped in a few areas.
How do you cope? Did you wind up hiring a sitter?
At this moment... I'm sitting here with Avon boxes waiting to be unpacked and bagged and invoiced for clients.
I have a load of laundry in the dryer calling my name and a bathroom that needs scrubbing... among other things
when business is full time, HOW do you manage to get everything done?
I'm feeling very overwhelmed this morning.
I don't like it when my house isn't up to par. It stresses me out. The ONLY time I have for "me" is around midnight on the computer. Otherwise, I'm with a client or with my kids or doing something around the house.
Example: Tomorrow morning I have 3 clients, then I go to the pre-school for a fundraising garage sale for which I have to do some work (AND I HAVE TO BAKE SOMETHING TODAY FOR IT), then I come home, make dinner for the monkeys THEN I have 2 more clients and oooooooooh, guess what? The day is over and it's 10/11pm at night.
I'm LOSING IT!
Any suggestions appreciated.
I'm looking at getting a 'cheap' pda IF I can... crossing fingers.... maybe if I can try to organize better?
Help, I'm drowning
:lol:
(ps: don't get me wrong, I'm LOVING the recent upswing in business, just feeling overwhelmed)