#juggling act

Zooble: (Gasps as Pomni walks in)

Pomni: (Holds Gangle and Zooble's hands, Wearing a doctor lab coat)

Zooble: We're a throuple...?

Here’s my note before I’ll get started….

(NO COPYING OR PLAGIARIZING FROM ME AND ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIEND’S WORK! THAT INCLUDES OUR CHARACTERS, DESIGNS, STUFF, ETC. IMPOSTERS AND SEXBOTS ARE NOT WELCOME TO FOLLOW MY BLOG WHATSOEVER! 😡 That will be all….I mean it.)

“Day 9: Act ☎️ 🤹‍♀️”

Ever seen a dog do juggling act before? Make that while juggling a musician cat boy while in his neat suit. For today’s Inktober, (if one of my closest friends can see this) I’d followed this recent ARG of “Welcome Home”; a fictional television puppet show that took inspiration of Sesame Street/Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Though being an ARG had sinister secrets to uncovered. 😱

That said, I’m going for a friendlier approach after did this Inktober artwork. Do hope they won’t get stage fright in front in the audience EYES.

Noteson (in his Wally costume); created by me; BryanVelasquez87 (Bryan360)

Barnaby B. Beagle - “Welcome Home” created by Clownillustrations

Tagged: @murumokirby360 @carmenramcat @alexander1301 @rafacaz4lisam2k4 @paektu

Previous: ⬇️

“Day 1: Looney 🐰🔨” - Link Here #1

“Day 2: Imposters 🕷️👉👈🕷️” - Link Here #2

“Day 3: Wild 🌲🐶” - Link Here #3

“Day 4: Thief 🐰💰” - Link Here #4

“Day 5: Moon 🌙🎣” - Link Here #5

“Day 6: Love 🐰❤️🐲” - Link Here #6

“Day 7: Dogs 😣🐶” - Link Here #7

I am so grateful at the same time I feel so guilty over taking up her time and energy. She doesn’t have to check in with me, she doesn’t have to care or follow up anything and yet she does and I don’t understand why.

Zooble: ...Did we ever get that money?

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As all parents know your life does not go on hold, slow down or accommodate a new timetable when your human joins the team, instead you find a way to incorporate them into the everyday and keep on moving. This is also the case when your partner is working towards getting his journeyman ticket and has to go to school. We understand that there are more traditional paths in life, you know, go to…

As many of you know, I had a baby in May.  Since I announced that I was becoming a mother, I have received many private questions and e-mails asking me a) if I was returning to work full time, and b) if I could share how you balance a career in PR with being a mother if I did decide to return to work.  So, this post is for those wondering how you can have and do it all as someone who works in the very demanding field of PR.

After a blissful mat leave, I did return to work full-time.  It was not easy going back, and you might think it would be because, in all honesty, being a new mom makes PR look like a walk in the park, but one of the hardest decisions a mother has to make is whether or not she’ll return to work.  The idea of leaving my infant son with “a stranger” 9 hours a day to only see him for maybe 2 hours a day was gut wrenching, and I was sick over it for a while.  But then I spoke to other moms (the best network for a new mom is other moms btw) who shared their experiences about returning to work, and their support and encouragement made the idea an easier pill to swallow. 

I, of course, cried my eyes out the morning of my first day back, but there was also something nice about swapping out my Gap Body for some DVF and a diaper bag for my favorite navy Prada, putting on some makeup and getting a blowout.  I felt like myself again—or more like the career-minded woman I was before I had a baby. 

Days 1, 2 and 3 are like homecoming week.  Lots of catching up with friends and everyone is excited to have you back (or so they say) and you’re actually, dare I say, happy to be back.  Yes, I checked my phone every 10 minutes for pics of my boy, but it was nice to feel like a semblance of myself again.  Then week 2 comes along, and the reality of being back settles in, and it is hard.  I cried more that week than the previous week.  It also takes a minute to get your head back in the game.  You are overwhelmed with catching up while trying to keep up in real time while also worrying about and missing your child terribly.  As each day goes by, it does get easier, but I still have those moments when I miss him so much it hurts, and I always wonder if I am doing the right thing.

I personally feel like it will be good for my son to see his mother working, or maybe that is what I tell myself to make myself feel better about the fact that I really have no choice.  However, the balancing act is definitely a tough one.  I have always had the stance that you cannot have it all, but could never speak from experience because I didn’t have my own family until 5 months ago.  Now I know it to be true.  It is very hard to find true balance between being a mother and working full-time in an office.  It is more like a see saw—when career is up, family is down, and vice versa.  What does help is good planning, keeping a calendar of all important dates or times when you need coverage at work or home so everyone is clear.  I schedule breakfasts and lunches with editors as opposed to dinner or drinks so that my evenings are saved for bath time and bed time.  I also leave earlier than I used to, but I am back on e-mail after my son goes to bed.  Maybe you can have it all theoretically speaking, but just not all at once.

All that being said, I still do battle with a constant inner struggle.  I don’t feel like I am 100% at being a mom or being a publicist.  However, I am working my ass off at both.  And I am also lucky enough to have people around me both at home and at work who understand and can help.  Help is crucial.  I need my husband and nanny, and I need my team at work.  In order to find the balance, you need to be okay with asking for and accepting as much help as you can get.