Here is my day in all of its glory. I constantly feel like I can't get anything done. I usually use work as an excuse but I hardly did any work today and still have nothing to show for the day.
Wake up and put the laundry in the dryer and a new load in (it never ends).
Husband realizes and reminds me that son needs to bring research articles to school today (we had all weekend to do this but forgot!).
Help son find and print info on the planet Saturn for 3rd grade project.
Get email from boss requesting some info. Replied that I will work on it after I get the kids to school.
Help kids get ready for school--breakfast, clothes, snacks, water bottles, luckily they both wanted to buy lunch today. I realize that they should make their own lunches, snacks, etc. but babysteps.
Get dressed and teeth brushed 5 minutes before going to the bus stop. Wake up 2-year old to go to the bus stop.
Get older kids on the bus and go home.
Get 2-year old settled watching Sesame Street.
Research info for boss and email it to him.
More laundry--new load, putting away, etc.
Get on the computer and to check personal email, FB and blogs.
Decide that I need to be a super couponer (even though I don't know how). Spend too much time looking for and printing out coupons (I did save $8 at the grocery store tonight).
Got info and filled out application for son to do a camp at the Littleton Historical Museum this summer.
Made list of stuff I need to do--didn't get any of it done.
Decided I really hate my laundry room right now. It is a disaster!
Took call from someone at work and did a little work.
Made the bed, put away more laundry.
Put makeup on and fixed hair.
Went to lunch with sisters-the hightlight of my day. On the way I see two Moms out for a run (I think they are in my ward) with their jogging strollers and I feel lame because I never do that and I don't really have a friend to do it with. I don't even have a jogging stroller.
Get another call from work requesting something. I will probably work on it tonight.
Took 2-year old to the park. Realized that I don't fit in with most of the park moms. I don't wear a baseball or castro-style cap or have designer jeans or any Ed Hardy (or whatever it is) gear on. Also realized that I want a different style of sunglasses.
Got 2-year old down for a nap which entailed a "tough love" snuggle and watching Cars.
Checked email, FB and Blogger again.
Downloaded recent photos. Thought about posting photos to FB and then thought, "does anyone really care about these? Am I annoying for posting so many pictures? Am I just doing this for myself?" So I didn't post any photos.
Paid some bills online.
More laundry.
2-year old wakes up so I snuggle him on the couch for a little bit.
Start watching Oprah (Lisa Ling interviews child molesters) for 15 minutes until big kids get home (DVR the rest).
Get kids going on homework.
I work on the dishes, make kids clean up, yell alot.
Husband gets home from work--what do I have to show for my day? Not much!
We all finish straightening up the house-more yelling, decide to go out for dinner since we have to go to the library (Saturn project) anyway.
Dinner at Scholtzky's (Penn throws up), go to the library, check out muchos libros.
Get VM from babysitter (manny) who has been out of town for two weeks. The message is that he will be back on Thursday-yeah! and that he is working with his brother this summer (ugh, what will I do?).
Get home and we all decompress which entails the kids watching Phineas and Ferb while I try to think of who can help me out with the kids this summer (stress).
Watch a recorded episode of Life with the whole family. The Bower birds were the best!
Get Husband and kids in bed (our queen sized bed for snuggles).
Go running at the rec center for 25 minutes (until it closes). Man, I am out of shape!
Come home. Big kids still awake and snuggling, husband fast asleep.
Get kids in their beds.
Go grocery shopping (with all my coupons!). Plan healthy meals my kids will like in my head-what will reality be?
Come home and think about posting to my blog and then doing a little work.
Watch Intervention while posting and contemplating work.
The End
Where to begin...
ReplyDeleteLove the bowerbirds--a family fave here!
No one fits in with the park moms...find a new park where there are no moms (I prefer the one on the end of town where everyone works during the day)
At least you have a job...I get nothing done and have NO job.
Laundry sucks. Period.
And since you saw the Oprah (me too-but also dvr'ed it to finish later) you saw that sometimes the "targets" are those whose children are unattended. So you are busy attending to your children and avoiding at least those types of predators, so that's worth the getting nothing done part!
Long enough of a response?
Way to put things into perspective Jaime!
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