Comments on: Feed the machine http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/ A little introspective, a little quirky, a lot of rambling. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ginger http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Ginger Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:08:37 +0000 http://rambleramble.com/?p=1115#comment-1275 Stacie, I don't know that I feel so much like Madonna as I do a dairy cow...I've been around dairy farms and the mechanical milking machines, and that image just always comes to mind. Which, you know, is fun for my self-esteem and all! I'm not sure I'd stick with it if I didn't have a decent place to pump, or if I had to travel a ton while doing it. I don't know that I'm that selfless--but since I haven't been tested yet, maybe I'd surprise myself. You were a rockstar! Stacie,
I don’t know that I feel so much like Madonna as I do a dairy cow…I’ve been around dairy farms and the mechanical milking machines, and that image just always comes to mind. Which, you know, is fun for my self-esteem and all!
I’m not sure I’d stick with it if I didn’t have a decent place to pump, or if I had to travel a ton while doing it. I don’t know that I’m that selfless–but since I haven’t been tested yet, maybe I’d surprise myself. You were a rockstar!

]]> By: Ginger http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Ginger Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:05:40 +0000 http://rambleramble.com/?p=1115#comment-1274 Accidents, at the end of the day, I think it's the guilt (if that's even the right word...sadness maybe more accurate for me) of not being with him that causes all the rest. I mean, I've got a good work ethic and all, but I probably take it more to heart because I wish I didn't have to do it at all. Gah, this mommy thing is tough sometimes. Accidents, at the end of the day, I think it’s the guilt (if that’s even the right word…sadness maybe more accurate for me) of not being with him that causes all the rest. I mean, I’ve got a good work ethic and all, but I probably take it more to heart because I wish I didn’t have to do it at all.
Gah, this mommy thing is tough sometimes.

]]> By: Stacie http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Stacie Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:28:11 +0000 http://rambleramble.com/?p=1115#comment-1256 Oh how I remember those days...with Preston it was sitting in the janitor's office at the school I taught at. You can only imagine what kind of "office" the janitor has! With John I was a traveling teacher so it was whatever closet, bathroom or cranny some kind person could stick me for the 10 grueling minutes it took to fill those bottles! It is funny to think about it now...sorta like the dunkin donut commmercial....got to make the donuts...but got to make the milk! It is pure torture but I tell you what...I have two really healthy kids and I think that a lot of that is cuz they got the Mom's milk for a good 8 months of their lives...hang in their girl! BTW...do you ever feel like Madonna in the Like a Virgin Tour when you strap those suckers on!?!? :) Oh how I remember those days…with Preston it was sitting in the janitor’s office at the school I taught at. You can only imagine what kind of “office” the janitor has! With John I was a traveling teacher so it was whatever closet, bathroom or cranny some kind person could stick me for the 10 grueling minutes it took to fill those bottles! It is funny to think about it now…sorta like the dunkin donut commmercial….got to make the donuts…but got to make the milk! It is pure torture but I tell you what…I have two really healthy kids and I think that a lot of that is cuz they got the Mom’s milk for a good 8 months of their lives…hang in their girl!
BTW…do you ever feel like Madonna in the Like a Virgin Tour when you strap those suckers on!?!? :)

]]> By: Accidents http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Accidents Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:56:21 +0000 http://rambleramble.com/?p=1115#comment-1251 I feel you, oh I feel you (though you already know that, because you graciously commented on my post about this same issue). And I feel you on the thing that can't be explained away, which is that you know you you are still "working" and that other people smoke or blog or whatever, it doesn't change anything. You will feel stress and guilt no matter what. My employment is teaching a college class, so I don't have set hours outside those I spend in the classroom. I pump during the day when I'm grading or writing my dissertation; so I'm not on anyone's clock but my own. AND YET I AM SO STRESSED ABOUT IT. Like, I need this time to be working! I'm paying for childcare right now! And, yet, I need this milk to feed mah baby! And of course the guilt that comes with: I could just be nursing my baby right now instead of this barbaric-cum-robotic machine, if I was WITH him. I feel you, oh I feel you (though you already know that, because you graciously commented on my post about this same issue).
And I feel you on the thing that can’t be explained away, which is that you know you you are still “working” and that other people smoke or blog or whatever, it doesn’t change anything. You will feel stress and guilt no matter what.

My employment is teaching a college class, so I don’t have set hours outside those I spend in the classroom. I pump during the day when I’m grading or writing my dissertation; so I’m not on anyone’s clock but my own. AND YET I AM SO STRESSED ABOUT IT. Like, I need this time to be working! I’m paying for childcare right now! And, yet, I need this milk to feed mah baby!

And of course the guilt that comes with: I could just be nursing my baby right now instead of this barbaric-cum-robotic machine, if I was WITH him.

]]> By: Chandy http://rambleramble.com/2010/02/02/feed-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Chandy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:45:18 +0000 http://rambleramble.com/?p=1115#comment-1245 Listen Ginger, it's not like you take a million smoke breaks all day long, like every other person I've ever worked with. You are literally still doing something super productive during those 90 minutes. So when you feel guilty about your breaks (which are a temporary thing) , just think of all those hackers outside who have taken hours and hours worth of smoke breaks on the company dime without a moment of guilt...and keep on pumpin' on! btw, your little boy is A-dorable:) Listen Ginger, it’s not like you take a million smoke breaks all day long, like every other person I’ve ever worked with. You are literally still doing something super productive during those 90 minutes. So when you feel guilty about your breaks (which are a temporary thing) , just think of all those hackers outside who have taken hours and hours worth of smoke breaks on the company dime without a moment of guilt…and keep on pumpin’ on!
btw, your little boy is A-dorable:)

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