11 Things Every Work-At-Home Mom Knows To Be True

So you want to work at home? Welcome to the most rewarding AND the most incredibly wacky lifestyle you'll ever experience.

Working from home never felt so good...

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So you've made the decision to join the legions of mothers who have chosen to have their office and their home all under the same roof. Hats off to you!

11. Forget about ever sleeping the whole night through again

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But let's face it, you're a mom, so you're probably already used to that anyway. Remember all the naps you passed on as a kid? Now you get to cash them all in!

10. Pajamas qualify as perfect work attire

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And when you do a conference call you just *might* be wearing business-casual up top, and pajama bottoms down below. Yoga pants qualify as perfectly amazing work attire too.

9. Your spouse/significant other/children suddenly think you have ALL the free-time

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Now that you work at home, naturally you have plenty of time to run every errand and do ALL THE THINGS that they don't have time to do because they work/go to school outside of the home.

8. Dealing with constant interruptions

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This coincides with number eight. You will be interrupted several times throughout your work day despite being very clear about your "work schedule".

7. Routine? What routine?

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Because you are still "the mom", you're still expected to keep track of your schedule AND everyone else's. But don't expect for anyone to know/respect/keep on track with your routine/schedule. (Remember, you have all this "free time" now, so your time isn't really that important, is it?) Maybe number seven and number six are the same thing?

6. You've actually considered locking yourself in the bathroom... all day

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Just so you can get some privacy. And maybe get some work done too.

5. This is how your hair looks most days...

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...unless you have that aforementioned conference call.

4. Sometimes you actually get "dressed up" just to go to the grocery store

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All those cute office/business casual clothes that you wore when you worked outside of the home aren't going to wear themselves!

3. None of your "normal" friends can ever do anything with you anymore

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Grab lunch in the middle of the week with a buddy who has a regular 9-5 office job? Nope.

2. Getting sauced in the middle of the day seems perfectly legitimate

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You know. On that rare occasion when the kids aren't around and the hubby is away and you've got some quiet time to yourself. It's 5:00 somewhere!

1. Despite it all, you wouldn't change a thing

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After all, you realize that you are really, really blessed to have this opportunity to do and be all the things to everyone at all times. Oh yea. And having more time to spend with your family is awesome too.