CompuServe Messages

Somehow I had this fantasy of continuing my typesetting business after my son was born March 1989. HAH! I had live-in help for a month (very rough pregnancy – toxemia) while I recuperated, but even so I was back at the computer the day I can home from the hospital. My office is in a separate building from the house, across the driveway over the garage, so the only time I can work is when Ian is napping (three hours per day) or in the evening after he is asleep. What a disillusionment! So I let the business slide for now and only kept several choice accounts. The worst part is, when I tell people I closed the business when Ian was born, they ask "Why? Don't you work at home?" Needless to say, most of the inquirers are either men or childless women. I will say, though, that our Panasonic business phone system was well worth the investment (around $2000 for system & phones) because it allows us to intercom to anywhere in the house (is Ian awake yet), and, when he gets to be older, we can electronically block calls to selected exchanges, area codes, numbers, etc. Very handy! Motherhood is not for wimps. –Welmoed