It’s been a busy week/month/year, but this was the weekend that broke my back.
Four days of traveling, client meetings and family visits were capped off by an early morning flight home that required we get out of bed at the uncivilized hour of four AM, I’m stuffed up, exhausted and a little stressed out.
So, with Erin’s approval, we are taking the week off and I’m keeping my bum firmly attached to my couch for the remainder of the day.
We are so grateful for all of you who have commented with ideas on how we can manage Manic Mommies with our increased work loads, and we are considering many of those suggestions.
In the meantime, we hope you all have a great manic week!
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Enjoy your time and have some wine tonight on me! Love you guys and want you to know you give so many of us hope. Nice to know we’re not alone and no matter what the nay sayers dish out know your complaining is not only therapeutic to you, but to others as well.
I’ll miss you this week but I agree you guys deserve a break. Relax (as much as you can with your manic lives) and I can’t wait to hear you ladies next week!
Good for you… We all have to know when we need to take the break. Bravo, to both of you!
Good for you! Thanks for all you do! I love reading and listening to you, but everyone deserves a week off… maybe even more!
Good for you! You are no good to all of us manic mommies if you aren’t good to yourselves!!!
It is very difficult to say NO….but sometimes you must! I am proud of you for putting yourself first!
I’m glad to have the day off but know that next week will be full of stories. Mike is traveling this week and my MIL is on a cruise so I’ll be juggling my long commute with all of the kid and household responsibilities. Wish me luck!
And remind me to talk about how Steve did NO planning for his surgery on Tuesday and nearly forgot to book the kids into summer camp (which is 80% full).
Already missing this week’s show!
You do need a break but how will I get through my Monday at work without listening to you. I will miss you ladies, enjoy your break!!
I’d be happy to add my stories. Nascar season has commenced; and you’d think nothing else in the world existed!!!
Hope you feel better soon, Kristin. And hope you make it through the week, Erin. I feel the same as the mommies above. Enjoy, recharge and hope to hear you next week. In the meantime, I too will miss ya’ll. Take care.
I’m glad that u ladies are taking a day off. You both deserve it! I have to admit that I was disappointed when I came to work today and hit “Refresh” and didn’t see my favorite MM podcast in the downloads.
I can’t wait to hear about Steve next week. Poor Steve. ha. ha! Feel better Kristin and I hope the week goes smoothly for you Erin. 
I hope you ladies enjoyed your day(s) off! You do so much for all of us, we can all agree that you have earned a day or two off!
I am, of course, totally supportive of the week off – you ladies totally deserve more of them than you take – but I must admit my heart skipped a beat when I saw there was no new episode after last week’s podcast clearly preparing us for the end! I understand the amazing lengths you must go to in order to bring us the podcast week after week, especially since Erin got a “real” job
– I have an hour commute too, and it needs filling with Manic Mommies! Is there any way to record the podcast while you drive? We’d survive a drop in sound quality… I also agree with previous commenters that even every other week would be better than losing you completely. Even more importantly, I can feel your concern about telling stories that aren’t yours, since your kids are old enough to be embarrassed or even hurt by them. It really sucks for the rest of us because I bet the adolescent/teen years are going to be the most interesting/challenging, and we’d definitely benefit from hearing about your experiences, but you’re completely right that that’s not fair to them. So I was trying to think of ways to take the focus off of your own families but still provide the same service of a voice for working moms, and it seems to make the most sense to shift the balance to more interviews. I know you said they take a lot of time to research and schedule, but what about soliciting volunteer listeners – both as interviewees (just share the story of your manic life and how you manage the balance – didn’t you do something like this a while back?) and as coordinators? I bet there are enough of us willing to help out once in a while…
I, too, got the sense you were preparing us for the end last week …
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Some of the podcast I listen to only come out once a month. Sure, I’d love more but I will take what I can get.
I have tried some of the other shows you mentioned, can’t seem to get hooked. You are still my gave !
I hope you find your balance, we’d hate to lose you.
Darn autocorrect !
*fave*, you are my fave !
If you ever need a day/week off…I am SURE there are fellow manic mommies (like me) who would be happy to join in for a chat!
There aren’t enough podcasts out that discuss tween/teen ages. The Mommycast ladies have teens, but they don’t podcast very much anymore. I need tween support. ha! I would like to suggest (again…ha) an every other week schedule. Maybe 1 week is an interview and the next is a “chat” podcast. The chat podcasts really are the best ones. You’re helping humanity by podcasting… by making moms happier!
missing you!
If it means that the podcast will go on, then by all means take a break!
We don’t want the podcast to become something you two dread doing every week.
Just a info post that there won’t be a post this week is good enough. Most of us listeners have kids, jobs, houses, spouses, families, volunteer work etc etc etc and we know that sometimes everything in every facet of your life needs to be done at the same time. Of course, when that happens, I like to listen to ManicMommies during one of the “yet again” trips in the car
We need to think of a way to crowd-source fill-in weeks. Guest hosts by Skype? Escape attendees? Maybe find a way to do one week a month that is MM light.