It's Business Card Time

I've just downloaded some Flight of the Conchords. So, I'll go with the fact that they sold me on business cards. Not really the same message of what I'm going for here, but still, worthy of mentioning.

When I was a working woman -stop laughing, y'all - I always got a kick out of business cards. Maybe it's because I was apparently really bad at what I did, or something. Nah, I'll go with underappreciated. Still, to me, business cards were silly. Perhaps it's because email works. At each job, I was greeted on my first day with business cards. And at each job when I left, I left the same amount of business cards, maybe one or two less, I sent some to my parents to impress them like that. I never handed out business cards to "network" when I actually had a job.

But that's all you do as a Mommy is network. Well, that and change diapers, chauffeur, make sandwiches, potty train, teach valuable lessons of responsibility, laundry, cook, make sure they brush their teeth without skimping, clean up the bathroom from the pool of water from the summer fun they had in January, mop, get your HAZMAT suit on to clean their room and bathrooms, supervise homework, eventually eat, feed kids, and so on.

So, when you do meet a mom, while each of you are chasing kids, typically, a pen and paper is not in the diaper bag. And "Hey, Facebook search me!" isn't quite yet socially acceptable.

No one on the earth needs business cards more than mommies. Moms are the only ones with not enough time nor steady hands to write a number down. They are too busy So, it just makes sense that they have business cards to exchange at the park. And yes, the park is where we go to meet other hot moms. That, or the school parking lot, but it's recommended that you have kids in the school of the parking lot of which you are attending. Just throwin that disclaimer out there.

I've always said we need business cards. My JulzHOLLA! had some and handed them all out. Proving my theory that paid professionals don't need them. Mommies do. I like that I can set the tone for anonymity if needed. It's like tweeting, or facebook status. Just put your core message on there and an email address. "Email me!" Because all Mommies know the golden rule of children, "Thou shalt not get on the phone if you want anything accomplished while kids are around." So far, the kids can't interrupt an email or an instant message. So, I finally, I ordered some business cards for myself! What I like about them is I feel so professional, like I'm in a 3 month probationary hold with being a mom. I wonder if I'll run out. Hmmm.

That's how I roll.