Help Me…I am being held hostage!

Posted on | February 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

You know, there is a thin line between having the flexibility to "work from home" and being forced to be couped up with your loving family for days on end with no HOPE FOR ESCAPE!!  And that is where most of us find ourselves this week in lovely North Texas.  Just in time for the "big game" coming to the DFW area, we get put back into the ice age. Now don't get me wrong...I love my kids..and my wife.  But DAMN.....there is a reason I work in an office.  I guess if anything, this should give me a whole new appreciation for my wife's plight as a stay-at-home mom..and one that runs her business out of the house!  That is what SHOULD happen...instead, I just wish to get the hell away, just for the day.  Amazingly, all of the "things" we have bought our kids to entertain them..they have not played with (insert DVD players, Xbox, computer games). Oh hell no! For this week of fun, they want only to be with you..on top of you...asking you the same questions over and over. So what does a week like this teach us?  Stock up on an emergency supply of alcohol and ear plugs! Stay warm!

You know, there is a thin line between having the flexibility to “work from home” and being forced to be couped up with your loving family for days on end with no HOPE FOR ESCAPE!!  And that is where most of us find ourselves this week in lovely North Texas.  Just in time for the “big game” coming to the DFW area, we get put back into the ice age.

Now don’t get me wrong…I love my kids..and my wife.  But DAMN…..there is a reason I work in an office.  I guess if anything, this should give me a whole new appreciation for my wife’s plight as a stay-at-home mom..and one that runs her business out of the house!  That is what SHOULD happen…instead, I just wish to get the hell away, just for the day.  Amazingly, all of the “things” we have bought our kids to entertain them..they have not played with (insert DVD players, Xbox, computer games). Oh hell no! For this week of fun, they want only to be with you..on top of you…asking you the same questions over and over.

So what does a week like this teach us?  Stock up on an emergency supply of alcohol and ear plugs!

Stay warm!

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