Hey All, it's just me.

My life as a mom is a crazy and hectic adventure. Sometimes the crazy events that happen in my life make me feel like i'm living in a movie. I am a mother to three wonderfully sarcastic and attitude-filled mini munchkins and wife to a gorgeous yet goofy Marine vet. Though there are days he baffles me, i'm lucky enough to have in my life. We have a crazy best friend, who has seen us through the happiest of times and through the most ridiculous misadventures we go through. Between divorce, juggling being a mom and work (or the lack thereof), co-parenting successes and fails with exes, ex-wife drama and the everyday curve balls of life that you just can't prepare yourself for, i'd say i'm handling things pretty well.

Let's start with today's topic: Why the hell is finding work that coincides with the job of a parent so damn hard to find?

Let's be honest, if you're a mom or parent, single or attached, finding work can sometimes feel like an endless hunt for the perfect jeans. Filled with hope but usually ends with us settling on what works for the moment. I was a young mom, I had my first at the age of 18, and barely out of high school. My first priority was taking care of my child but trying to help financially felt impossible. I had little work experience and driving alone freaked me out, along with the struggle of balancing my pay with daycare expenses. After having my other two kids, work seemed almost impossible with the rates of daycare for multiple kids and having the issue of matching my work schedule with both a school schedule and daycare availability. For years I have searched for ways to make money while being a stay at home mom and I feel like I just keep finding the scams without fail. Does it seem like every work-at-home opportunity seems too good to be true and you end up jumping into something you think is going to help you make money but ends up being a complete waste of time? I wish there were more job opportunities for parents who need to stay at home. With technology there are so many different jobs that could be created that could allow parents to still contribute to the household without taking them out of the house. More CEO's and heads of companies should outsource stay-at-home parents to be virtual assistants and small business could hire social media savvy parents to help manage their social media platforms and promotions. Stay-at-home parents would be the perfect event planners for charities and such. I know that my many years of planning birthday parties, family get-togethers and school fundraising events, I should be qualified as an event planner. Seriously, who better to multi-task than the stay at home parent with the many titles, duties, and jobs to fufil throughout a day? Although i'm sure there's some of us who crumble at the pressure, we still manage to keep our households running everyday regardless of the hiccups. If only there were more jobs available to be done at home, I think we'd see a lot more families thriving instead of just barely surviving. There'd be more families being able to get off the welfare system and i bet the eviction rate would drop. I'm still on the search for that stay-at-home job, that rainbow colored unicorn job that let's me help someone make money while staying home with my kids and being paid for it, and i will hold onto the hope that it's out there.

(Locked myself in the closet in hopes my children won't find me even though i can hear the earthquake I can only imagine are my dogs stampeding through the hallway followed by shrieks and laughter. These are the moments I smile while tears stream down my face from the joy that they sound happy but fear of destruction i'm going to encounter when I finally ascend from the safety behind my cocktail dresses and never-worn jeans. Anyone else have a hiding space?)