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A Full Time Mom
To Working Woman
SHIRA DICKER
Special to The Jewish News
Jewish Community Center of Metroplitan Detroit
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IT'S
UNDER WRAPS
ONLY
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FOR A 30
Day Trial J.C.C.
Men's Health Club
Membership
• Must be purchased
during December 1989
• Must be paid in full
For more information contact the
Membership Department
661-1000 ext. 265 or 266
• No permanent locker
• Limited memberships
72
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989
mastfe..ardl
t is 8:45 on a Monday
morning and I am sitting
behind a large wooden
desk. 1b my left is a hi-tech
electronic typewriter; to my
right, a bulletin board decor-
ated with notices, memor-
anda, schedules, business
cards and the occasional
photograph is propped up
against an accordion room
divider. My desktop is clut-
tered with manila folders,
scribbled-upon legal pads,
piles of unopened mail and
the usual desktop parapher-
nalia — stapler, tape dis-
penser, pen holder, calendar,
letter opener.
I am the first one in the
office. The gentle whoosh of
traffic outside my office win-
dow is the only sound I hear.
Savoring my peaceful privacy,
I take a sip of tea and begin
to sift through my mail. It is
my second week of work and
I am ecstatic.
I have recently taken a new
job. I work full-time, five days
a week, 50 weeks a year. It is
the first time in over two
years that I have held a staff
position complete with title,
benefits, personalized busi-
ness cards and regular pay-
check. It is the first time in
the same span of years that I
have gotten up every single
weekday morning and left the
house within two hours of
having woken up.
This job marks the end of
my tenure as Full Time Mom
(Who Freelances). I now fit
neatly into the category of
Working Woman, complete
with my dress-for-success
wardrobe, nifty briefcase and
early morning power break-
fasts.
But what strikes me each
morning as I sit at my office
desk contemplating the day's
work ahead of me is how easy
my days are now that I am an
official Working Woman.
Writing articles, dealing with
co-workers, pleasing clients,
going to business luncheons
and cocktail parties . . . all of
this is a cinch. It is the work-
day of the Full Time Mom
(Who Freelances) that is a
killer.
I knew that I was ready to
give up my F.T.M. (W.F.) mem-
bership when I found myself
turning into a creature that I
feared and despised — the
Yelling Mother. I became a
Yelling Mother as a result of
attempting to take care of my
children and write articles
simultaneously. For anyone
who doesn't know the mean-
ing of stress, I recommend
trying to write an article
under deadline with one in-
quisitive five-year-old and one
exploratory toddler in one's
office. Pulling your collection
of Thomas Mann off the
bookcases. Weaving the
tangled wires of your com-
puter. Demanding instant
answers to cosmic questions
that have stumped philoso-