by Melissa Kascak | Jul 10, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
You teach people how to treat you. Sometimes you just need to change the curriculum. When you get up to feed your 14 month old baby for the third time in the night, you’re teaching him that he can wake you up multiple times while you are sleeping and you will...
by Melissa Kascak | Jun 26, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
The only thing that is predictable about being a mom is that it is unpredictable. Sometimes I get really jazzed about an idea. I have a big plan for my day! I’m going to get shit done! And then ‘momming’ happens. Someone gets pink eye and has to go to the...
by Melissa Kascak | Jun 12, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
The water was pouring out of the backpack. Just as the school bus was arriving. And my son had been so proud of himself… That morning he’d gotten right out of bed; washed his face, brushed his teeth, and gotten dressed. Before I made my way downstairs, he’d even made...
by Melissa Kascak | May 29, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
I was feeling guilty. As you probably know, the end of the school year has all kinds of fun events and activities which means the schools need all kinds of help to execute things smoothly. In the past, I was able to volunteer a lot of my time. Even last year I...
by Melissa Kascak | May 15, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
There are times when you need to just let the floor be a little dirty and wear gray socks. When you are a brand new mom with a helpless human to keep alive, mopping your floors is not high on the list of things to get done. Let’s be honest, even getting to...
