Aint that the truth, though? I went back two years ago. By the time I got home form work, took the kids to whatever lesson or sports thing they had going on that day, threw a load of wash in, made some dinner...it would be 9:30 before I got a chance to sit down and take a peek online or catch some brainless TV to unwind. And even then, I had to do my nails for the next day or read up something work related. By that time, my husband already had a good three hours "in his chair". I actually had a decent job with decent hours (9-4) and it was still overkill.
I don't know how some women do it.
I don’t know how women work and take care of kids. I’ve already been up several hours and taken kids to school, gotten a load of laundry in the was and did a few other things around the house.
I take about an hour in the morning to read the news and relax before doing the rest of my activities. If I was working, I wouldn’t have that time.
My kids are 13 & 15. At this point, I think I could manage to work about 2 hours a day outside the home. However, it would be very difficult to find a job where I could do that.
That also changes if the kids get sick. In Nov/Dec, I had one of my kids sick at home for about a month total.