Please sir, may I have another

I just got a call from a partner saying that I need to make some final edits to a document when the partner is done looking at it, in about an hour.

X was sent home sick today. We're taking him to the doctor tomorrow morning. He has not been healthy in about two months. Which, probably not coincidentally, is about the length of time I've been working since my maternity leave.

I woke up with a raw throat yesterday and today. Even after stopping nursing, I just don't have the physical stamina I used to. With a baby at home, even with JW taking care of a lot of the childcare duties, I find it much harder to stay up all night working and still be able to concentrate the next day than in my pre-baby days. I get almost no work done over the weekend since I'm running after the kids and doing the chores that didn't get done during the week.

I wish I had a job that did not require constant availability, and did not come with the expectation that I would work nights and weekends. I wish I could come home and just be home. Does a job like that exist, that also pays enough that we can afford daycare? I've been applying for the odd in-house job here and there, but I don't think I have the experience yet.

I know there are worse problems to have. Still, I need to start developing an exit strategy.