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A Day in the Life of a Work-from-home Dad during School Holidays

January 12, 2007

9.15. Trying to work.

  • “Dad I’m hungry”
  • “You just finished breakfast.”
  • “That was twenty minutes ago.”
  • “Wait until 10.00, then you can have a snack”
  • “BUT THAT’S AGES AWAY!”
  • “Drink some water.”
  • A door slams.

10.17. Trying to work.

  • “Dad where’s the remote?”
  • “You tell me.”
  • “I’ve looked everywhere.”
  • “Behind the TV?”
  • “… except there … Oh, here it is. Thanks Dad … And Dad?”
  • “Mm?”
  • “I’m really hungry.”
  • “You just ate 15 minutes ago.”
  • “I’ve digested that already.”
  • Grrrrrr.

11.52. Trying to work. The voice on the other end of my VOIP-phone conversation is suddenly garbled as Son A logs into his hotmail account…

  • “Get off the internet!”
  • “Sorry, Dad. By the way, I’m hungry.”

12.48. Trying to work. The file I’m looking for takes me twenty minutes to find, buried under chip packets, post-it notes with computer game cheat-codes and DVD covers - all on my desk. Sadly, the chip packets aren’t mine. 

1.31. Trying to work. Screams, tears, doors slamming.

  • “What is going on here??!”
  • Son B: “He hit me!”
  • “Did you hit your brother?”
  • Son A: “Yes.”
  • Son B: “Four times!”
  • Son A: “It was only 3 times.”
  • “Ok, go to your room and come see me when you have a good way to make it up to your brother.”
  • Son A (storming away): “Great! Wish I’d never had a brother!”
  • Son B (now glaring at me): “Why’d you have to be so mean to him?”
  • “…?”

2.58. “Dad I’m hungry”

3.17. Give up on trying to work; I’m not gettting anywhere anyway. 

  • “Boys, wanna go play football?”
  • “No thanks Dad, we’re busy.

Grrrrr.

Comments

9 Responses to “A Day in the Life of a Work-from-home Dad during School Holidays”

  1. Gautam on January 13th, 2007 3:21 am

    Hahahaha……..thats all i got to say….oh and some more…hahhahahahaha

  2. Markk on January 13th, 2007 3:52 pm

    Am I to assume Mum works away from home?

  3. Pete on January 13th, 2007 4:22 pm

    Yep. She da smart one!

  4. Busy Mom on January 14th, 2007 1:39 am

    Oh, my goodness, that’s this house, too!

  5. Mat on January 16th, 2007 12:33 pm

    So Pete

    How is VOIP working out for you? I’m curious but don’tknow much about it

    NB> have you seen jajah.com it looks pretty good - despite the name. So ironic.

  6. Pete on January 16th, 2007 2:02 pm

    Gotta look at jaja.com soon - and yes, as a big NON-fan of Jar-jar Binks (who looks anything but good) I get the irony.

  7. Natasa on January 25th, 2007 12:57 pm

    hahaha…

  8. Vinny on February 1st, 2008 2:19 pm

    Wow. I thought I was the only Dad who had holidays like that. Apparently not.

    It sounds funny when it;s someone else, doesn’t it?

  9. Pete on February 1st, 2008 2:22 pm

    Gotta laugh, Vinny, gotta … stay … positive …
    [Pete breaks down and sobs uncontrollably]

    ;)

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