Hey everyone -- I'm back! After an amazing summer (see above), I'm busier than ever -- teaching eight students, writing more articles than ever (including several for LearnVest on personal finance), and (finally!) playing a couple of rock shows. My friend Heidi helped me redesign my...
I haven't blogged in two months -- trust me, life has been especially busy -- but I wanted to make sure I took a few moments today to say "Happy First Birthday" to my amazing son Nathan Mariano Bloom.He is my little dude, my prince, my...
Today my baby is sick. Well, he’s not that sick. He had a fever of 102 yesterday, so daycare sent him home. In turn, I took him straight to the doctor’s.The diagnosis was vague. The dippy hippie doctor (our regular one was booked) said he...
I am a highly creative person.Take my job away and give me eight kid-free hours to “work on my art” and I will work my ass off to write, compose music, write, break for marathon-running drills, blog for RockMommy, and then play some guitar. Perhaps...
Just Google “work-life balance” or “mom-work balance” and you’ll find a list of hundreds (maybe even thousands) of articles telling you tips and tricks with balancing work and family. Unless you’re a career musician (most of us aren’t!), these articles aren’t satisfactory. What if your job...
[wpvideo ZKkPpNDy]...
I spent the last six days in New Orleans — a place near and dear to my heart, where I spent my junior year of college and six months post-college – on a business trip. The trip was supposed to be a little more than...