Mom, I'm Very Stressed Out

Out of my four children, my second eldest has always told me he wants to take over my business. For the passed few summers during his school vacation he has been working in my office doing everything from changing light bulbs to delivering documents to the courthouse. Now that he is in his last year of high school he is also working part time during the week. My oldest son who has never had any desire to know what I do, was in need of a job during his college break. In that we were short handed I offered him a part time job at my office and told him his younger brother would train him.

It has been about two weeks into this little family affair and my oldest came home from the office yesterday and expressed to me: "Mom, I'm very stressed out." Both his brother and I thought this was quite an amusing statement since all last summer he made fun of his brother for "relaxing in the air conditioning all day" while he toiled away as a counsellor in summer camp sweating with the campers.


Gradually my family is discovering what Mom actually does and they are realizing it is not all sweetness and light.
Using your brain for a living can be more exhausting than using your brawn. Especially when it involves multi-tasking. Welcome to the real world my boy.