People who do that work tend to be more valuable and work harder than most of the big shots. ;-) And I'm not a big shot...I contract Iraqi companies to work on the rebuild projects and try to keep these things on schedule. I love the Iraqis, but when I'm expediting them, I hate that "insh'allah" word. LOL
You have my respect - there is no more important or difficult job than that of a mother and you care enough to put that ahead of everything else.