Stay at Home Mom vs A Working Mom

Lately this seems to be a hot topic. I’m not sure which is harder, working or staying at home, each of them in itself is tiring. At least when you are working, you get to socialize with other adults, get a lunch break and a bathroom break. When you’re a stay at home Mom, your conversations are usually with kids under the age of 7, it’s tough to get a lunch break and a bathroom break is always interrupted with MOM, MOM, MOM. When I worked, I took on the Wonder Woman persona. I dropped the kids off at 2 different schools and I worked an eight hour day with some fringe benefits (I had a little free time to myself, could have lunch with my husband, run errands by myself and went to the gym). I still managed to juggle the kids schedule, take them to the park, ran the house (bill paying, grocery shopping, laundry, etc) and at the end of the day I was really tired and stressed out. Being a Stay at home Mom, I can take my daughters to school in my pajamas if I want or just put on my comfy clothes, the kids can play sports, they can have play dates, I can go to the gym, take a walk, play with my son, check my email or write a blog at my leisure, be a Soccer Mom or now it’s Softball Mom, and many more things. Although not easy at times, and you feel more like your running a circus, it is much more rewarding and I’m a lot happier and less stressed out Mom. So here’s the catch, my husband is coming home from a deployment which is the reason for me to be at home in the first place and with him coming home I may have to go back to the work force. So, I ask you, to please say your prayers and maybe just maybe we can swing what most of you are doing and live on just one Giant paycheck. I’ll keep you posted!