I don’t work outside the home, these days. Recently, there’s been some freelance work, luckily, but I don’t have to be anywhere. And given Alex’s schedule, I don’t see how I can. For a few years, he had an afterschool program that returned him home by bus at around 6:00, but that was only three days a week. This year, no after-school. He’s home at 4:30 every day. If there’s a job that would get me home in time to meet Alex’s bus (after meeting Ned’s bus at 3:30), I’d take it.
A lot of the mothers I know don’t work …read more