My day job will not be appearing much on my blog. Many a blogger have been fired from their day job due to recounting the ridiculous behaviors of their employers and co-workers, which I choose not to do. I need the pay check. Actually, I am an independent contractor and have been for about 4 years now and have worked from home for the last year. I was fortunate that my contract employer agreed to let me work from home amidst all the cancer treatments. But there are most certainly pitfalls to working at home. I was self-employed for about ten years prior to the end of my marriage, so I did learn that you have to focus. I remember delivering loan documents with my new baby, the 2nd child, with me just days after I gave birth. And let me tell you that breast feeding, holding a conference call, and doing data entry on the computer all at the same time is no small feat. And, honestly, not a feat I would like to repeat...a little too much multi-tasking. You have to have a special filter placed in your brain, especially when you have kids at home who seem completely oblivious to the fact that you are attempting to concentrate and make a living. "Oh, Mom's here...lets talk to her NOW." This, of course, is in lieu to responding to mom's many requests for their attention every other time of the day.
My day job is as a due diligence mortgage underwriter, and, yes, it is as dry as it sounds. That might explain why I thirst to write creatively into the wee hours. And, yes, my chair spins and the spinning feature gets a lot of use...keeps me from going completely batty. Although if anyone came into my home and saw this 46 year old woman spinning in her office chair around the dining room, one might argue that I have, indeed, already gone batty.
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