上班族媽咪的日記

Saturday 5 April 2007

We are nearly at the end of the Easter holidays， which seem to have gone on for ever and my other half is now in the process of cleaning the house to get rid of sticky finger marks， dirty footprints and half-eaten Easter eggs that are just way too tempting within 1)eyeshot. We have managed to 2)juggle the kids with the wonderful flexibility that both of us have of being able to work from home. What would we have done without computers and the internet. I do all my shopping， book holidays， write this stuff and work on the internet. How would I fill my days otherwise. I might have to actually venture into

supermarkets again with two kids in tow， one who decides to sit down when she cannot be bothered. All the stress of kids demanding chocolate and the latest DVD are over with the touch of a few buttons and my existing favourite items list.

What are we going to be like in ten or even five years? There may come a point where all the shops go online. That is rather a scary thought， especially when I think of giving up on the

coffee shops that accompany most shopping

centres. However， in the meantime， it serves us well and enables us to do all sorts of things we could never have done before like spending more time with the kids. It has been great setting my alarm at 5:30 so I can get some work done before they wake up! Anyway back to normality next week with a return to school. And I will return to the relative peace of the office and a chance to grab a really nice coffee without having the risk of flying Barbies aimed at your cup.

Tuesday 28 August 2007

We have just come back from holiday and for the first time left our two kids down in 3)Dorset with Nanny and Grandad. Do you know what? I am really missing my two little darlings. I keep getting 4)text message pictures of them playing on the beach and arm in arm with each other. My little daughter told me she missed me on the phone last night for the first time. It brought a tear to my eye.

But then this morning， when we woke up to the sound of the alarm and not “Mommy”， being repeated

ever so slightly louder each time and with ever

increasing pitch， it was actually quite nice. I managed to have a peaceful breakfast without having to sort out 5)petty 6)squabbles and was seated at the computer

by 8:30 doing this. Sometimes it is nice to have a bit of peace…until the next text arrives or I switch on the TV to see a loving family all cradled together. Better get loads of tissues ready!

Thursday 4 October 2007

Well it is October already and I don’t know about you but this weather is just knocking me out. I don’t know whether to wear my scarf or my new 7)slinky little top.Even my little girl is running around with a runny nose and a T-shirt. I can’t

decide whether to cover her up or cool her down. No doubt I will be wrong on either account depending upon which health professional you talk to.

It does raise the issue， however， what do we do for the best. We work to provide a stable income to house and clothe our kids， even though my kids would probably prefer me to stay at home and knit them some clothes. On the other hand， just watching television bombards you with constant “I want that， I want that， I want that!” Do they ever know when to stop? Once they get what they have wanted for ages， they move on to something else. You just have to read one book about 8)Horrid Henry to find that out.

But kids can give you a great inspiration for selling techniques for your own business.How often do we or 9)more often than not， lovely Nanny or Grandad give in? They are born to sell to you， these 10)pesky little creatures. They just have to either: go on and on until you give up or think of perfectly valid reasons why they need those new 11trainers.

My seven year old son did the most elaborate business plan recently for having a new computer game， Worms. He put together three of his old games， told his dad they could both appreciate the product (win:win) and then even predicted when the best time for purchase would be and how the additional funds could be found from future pocket money cash flows. What a brilliant mind. Perhaps we all need to ask our kids about future business planning and it may even be cheaper than a business consultant!

2007年4月5日 星期六

我們的復活節(jié)假期就快過完了，然而感覺上似乎永無盡頭。現(xiàn)在，我老公正忙著搞衛(wèi)生，抹掉那些粘乎乎的手指印、臟兮兮的腳印和扔掉那些只吃了一半的復活節(jié)彩蛋——它們實在太礙眼了。我們倆可以在家遠程工作，靈活方便，總算能兼顧工作和照顧小孩。如果沒有電腦和互聯(lián)網，我們真不知道該怎么辦。要知道什么東西我都在網上買，預訂度假的機票食宿啊，寫這些日記啊，甚至工作，我都在網上完成。如果沒有互聯(lián)網，我的日子可難熬了。我可能又要親自出馬到超市購物，拉扯著兩個孩子，其中一個還可能嫌煩，一屁股坐在地上不起來。然而現(xiàn)在我只要點擊幾個按鈕和一些收藏好的物品清單，就可以輕松滿足孩子們的需求，不用怕他們吵著要巧克力和最新的DVD了。

再過十年，甚至五年，我們會變成怎樣呢？結果可能是所有的商店都開在了網上。這種想法可真夠嚇人的，尤其當我一想到可能無法再光顧那些許多購物中心都附設的咖啡店時，我就覺得更加不安。但是同時，互聯(lián)網為我們提供了許多便利服務，使我們能夠做各種以前無法做到的事情，比如說擠出多點時間陪陪孩子。把鬧鐘設置到五點半響，趕在孩子們醒來之前處理一些事務，這可是一種不錯的方法！總之下個星期一切都會恢復正常，孩子們都要上學去。我呢，就會回到辦公室，相對安寧些，還可以好好地喝一杯美味的咖啡，而不用擔心咖啡杯會成為靶子，給飛來的芭比娃娃砸中。……