Running a business — with out of town guests

Posted on 10. Oct, 2006 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein in Blog

My parents visited this week, from St. Louis, Missouri — great for Gracie, and actually very helpful for me. This month I do not have regular childcare, and am trying to run my business with just 1-2x week of backup daycare, and lots of television. Not optimal. So, Grandma and Papa watched Gracie on Tuesday while I wrote the handbook for Week 3 of my 8 Weeks teleseminar, and while I conducted Week 3 of session A (noon) and Week 1 of session B (8:00 PM). I felt slightly guilty for them to spend one day mostly babysitting, but actually it was a great chance for them to spend alone time with Gracie. By the end of the week, Gracie was calling them Grandma and Papa, and was totally comfortable hanging out with them when I was not around — success! I just wish Grandma and Papa lived around here — partially for the bonding, but also for the babysitting.