This article was written by Guest Blogger Christina Lemmey of Multimedia VA.

I admit it…I was one of those moms who was eagerly awaiting the school bus arrival so I wouldn’t feel so guilty about spending my daytime hours during the summer working instead of entertaining my children. Not that we didn’t have some fun-filled days and plenty of trips and travels, but the guilt was weighing pretty heavily.

So I hatched this “perfect” plan to work from the moment the school bus arrived in the morning until it came back on the return trip in the afternoon. I easily gained 7 1/2 hours of silence and no interruptions for 5 days out of the week. Certainly this was a perfect plan for growing my business and servicing my clients, right?

Well, partially right.

In nearly every month of the school calendar, my kids have at least one day off during the week. November is a doozy with Election Day off, Veteran’s Day off, 3 half days for parent teacher conferences, as well as the regular 3 days off for Thanksgiving. Plus this year we have two full weeks off for Christmas. Can you understand why I’m already getting sweaty palms at the idea of planning for all this time off?
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