DAILY SNACK
My husband has a full-time job,
And he also picks up freelance work on the side.
I have a part-time job, a blog, and aspire to find the time to pitch freelance work on the side.
We recently moved into a house that needs a lot of work.
We have two children under five,
And NO child care.
Then there’s life.
There’s visiting family and friends,
And maybe even doing something ourselves as a family every once in a while.
The weekends become exalted oases of free time.
Forget free time — time to catch up on work that I care about,
Work that will never otherwise get done because it’s not screaming,
“Feed me now!”
So I do know that it’s unreasonable,
But when my work gets bumped,
Again,
In favour of my husband’s more pressing, higher paying,
Admittedly more important work,
And I’m left taking care of the kids and the housework for the sixth or seventh day that week,
It’s hard not to feel resentful.
A little bit.