Plus, I Have to Make My Own Coffee

Old news, but new to me: according to Salary.com, if stay-at-home mothers were paid the equivalent of their professional counterparts in child care, cleaning, cooking, and all of the other tasks demanded of the role, we would earn ~$134,121 annually. That number represents 91.6 hours each week. Let's be more precise here and remove the laundry machine operator and (most of) van driver from my particular equation - that's still more hours than I ever spent as a corporate strategist. That said, I enjoy my colleagues and the dress code is more relaxed.