Normally DH does pickup, but his company is releasing brand new software today and he's one of the people involved at the end of that process. It's not going well and he may have to leave late. Normally he leaves around 4:30-4:45 and picks up DS by 5:30. Last night due to all the issues at work he worked until about 6:30 (not super late, but still an 11 hour day for him).

I generally work until 4:30, so if DH can't do pickup, I do it. But my boss pulled me into a meeting for a project I manage until 5. Traffic around here is a disaster thanks to some construction going on the entire way home. So my usually 45 minute commute will likely turn into 1-1:30 hours.

I can't make DS wait until 6 or 6:30 to get picked up. Daycare will be practically empty then, and he'll be starving. But I don't know that either of us will get there any earlier. Ugh. We have no family in the area and we have no friends that could logistically pick him up.

I try to support DH when he needs to work late because our careers are important (and necessary) to each of us. But I feel like because he's male, they just expect he can work as late as they tell him to and that his wife will just pick up the slack. Well, I have an important job too and I'm up for a promotion this year, so I can't just put his job before mine.