Working Full time

Sometimes being a full-time working mom is hard...really hard.  Does anyone feel me on this?? You are being pulled in every direction by every person.  There's always a deadline to meet, a project to make, an appointment to be scheduled.

We live in Michigan so the weather is very unpredictable and well, it's winter.  The last 2 days have been snow days for my 6 year old.  We don't have backup care (helloooooo village, where are you??). We do have a camp that we use in situations like this sometimes but even they were not open as they didn't have enough kids to operate.  So what do you do??  One parent has to stay home.  I mean a 6 year old can't exactly fend for themselves for 8 plus hours.  I am a salaried colleague with the slight option to work from home occassionally.  My husband is an hourly employee who had already put in 8 hours of overtime which he would lose if he called in.  So of course, I am the option to stay home.  Now mind you, I work in the accounting field (loosely) so the end of the month is one of the busiest times for me.  Again though, what choice do we have?

I guess I am just frustrated that we have no other options.  I want to be reliable at work, but I also HAVE (and want) to be reliable for my child.  It's a very tough balance, especially when you are the breadwinner of the family.  How do you keep both ends happy and satisfied?  Please, let me hear how you all do it.  Maybe you have a suggestion that I haven't thought of.