The Juggling Act

Today was a busy, busy work day with many balls in the air so I thought I’d take time out of my busy day to blog about my busy day. Of course.

As a “Mompreneur”, I am both CEO of Libretto Communications and of this household.  And since the corporate HQ is located in my house, I multi-task like a banshee.  Part of this blog is to render readers awestruck by my many talents of juggling, multi-tasking and balance.  I am not claiming to be inspirational in any way, I just want to be thought of as “awesome” and produce a wow-factor every now and then.  I’m not asking for much. Really.

So, on to my designated “work day.”  Luckily, today was a day of no “outside” meetings but full of conference calls/meetings with out-of-town clients.  After dropping off both Mandelbaum boys at their designated institutions of knowledge, I race back to HQ to prep for a conference call with a client.  It should be noted here that my schedule is available for my “secretary” to read at all hours of the day YET my “secretary” still plans a delivery to the house to occur during prime conference call hours. Fine, whatever, I’ll figure it out.  Me and my iPhone will work it out somehow.

So, conference call #1. Conversation is flowing, action items are being discussed…then the house phone rings, the answering machine picks up and the door bell rings. Mattress calling/arriving and the CEO running down the stairs. Hurry, where is that mute button…

“Yes, yes…I can do that. Sure, no problem…review the information to see where it best fits…sure”

Mute.

“Hello. Hi. Yes, please bring that mattress upstairs. Yes, box spring upstairs too.”

Unmute.

“Uh-huh.  Sure. That will work.”

Mute.

“Oh, sign here.  Oh, fill out this survey.  Oh, I get mints too? Gee, thanks. Ok, thank you.  Have a nice day.  Oh, I forgot to sign on the back? Ok. Here. Thanks”

Unmute.

“Ok, so you’ll review what we have thus far and see which departments require more data? Ok, sounds good.”

Door closes and the commute back to HQ commences…and no one was the wiser, I think.

The rest of the day consisted of two more conference calls, a delivery of a bed for boy #2, reheated lunch at the desk, work (let’s not forget those gigs that pay the bills), web updates and some much-needed venting. And all before Mom’s Taxi gets back on the road to pick up kids, groceries and head back to HQ to make dinner and assemble a new bed. Luckily my  ”secretary” knows his way around a tool belt and will be moonlighting as Schneider building that new bed after his long day at the office/work site.

And tomorrow it starts all over again…