It’s been a really long time since I shared a “day in the life” post where I chronicle an entire single day in our life.
The last few weeks have been ridiculously crazy. We finally closed on our house here in New Jersey and will soon be out of the apartment and finally into our own place. But the process to get to this point was way more complicated and stressful than it should have been.
And on top of all the house stress and the regular life stress, hubby was away all of last week, leaving me on my own to manage all of the life things including feeding the kids a thousand times a day, getting everyone where they need to be for classes (and home again) and ensuring we didn’t kill each other in the process.
It was not the most fun week we’ve had by a long shot, but we survived nonetheless and are now getting ready for a much needed vacation back to Dublin (which will hopefully be as therapeutic as it was for me the last time we visited 3 years ago) before we get our things from Ohio and begin the process of actually moving into our new home.
This was a Day in the Life, Last Wednesday:
6:15 trying to go back to sleep and not let all the things get stirring in my brain
6:30 thinking about all the things
6:45 trying not to get overwhelmed by all the things
7:00 still trying not to get overwhelmed by all the things
7:15 checking Facebook
7:30 playing a game on my phone
7:45 trying to rest and get all the things out of my head
8:00 checking more Facebook
8:15 talking to hubby on the phone
8:30 back on Facebook
8:45 wondering when my kids are actually going to get up
9:00 breaking up a donut argument between my girls
9:15 eating breakfast at the table by myself
9:30 attempting to go to the bathroom while my boys try to destroy each other
9:45 Working on the blog
10:00 Cleaning up the kitchen
10:15 waiting for girls to finish up breakfast
10:30 skyping with my parents
10:45 skyping with my parents
11:00 getting dressed
11:15 at Post office
11:30 at the park
11:45 walking home in the rain
12:00 making lunch
12:15 eating lunch
12:30 cleaning up lunch
12:45 putting boys down for nap
1:00 showering
1:15 showering
1:30 watching TV, checking Facebook
1:45 watching TV, checking emails
2:00 watching TV, resting
2:15 talking to hubby on the phone
2:30 watching TV, resting
2:45 getting big kids snacks
3:00 arguing with girls about school
3:15 helping Sugarplum with her math work
3:30 getting big kids ready to go
3:45 getting Pipsqueak up from nap
4:00 trying to get kids down hallway and through elevators to car while Pipsqueak screams “Momma carry me!” the whole time
4:15 driving to gymnastics
4:30 sitting at gymnastics, helping Sugarplum with her school
4:45 sitting at gymnastics, trying to figure out how to sign a document when we don’t have a printer
5:00 sitting at gymnastics, checking Facebook
5:15 sitting at gymnastics, putting up Sugarplum’s hair
5:30 sitting at gymnastics, watching boys play with another little boy
5:45 sitting at gymnastics, chatting with the other boy’s mommy
6:00 at gymnastics, waiting for Honeybun to finish her ice pop so we can go
6:15 driving to the store
6:30 trying to gather the groceries and other things we need while Pipsqueak tries to rip open packages and throw things out of the trolley (I, of course, picked a trolley that didn’t have a support under the seat so I had to put him in the back)
6:45 wrestling Pipsqueak while we grab the last few things after he started running down the aisles knocking things off
7:00 crying at the store because Pipsqueak is such an exhausting terror
7:15 waiting in line to check out
7:30 waiting in line to checkout
7:45 loading up the car
8:00 eating Wendy’s super fast so we aren’t late to pick up Sugarplum
8:15 driving back to the gym
8:30 waiting for Sugarplum to finish up practice, trying to keep the boys from running wild around the gym
8:45 driving home
9:00 getting everyone ready for bed, kids saying good-night to hubby
9:15 washing up for bed
9:30 collapsed in bed, watching TV
9:45 trying to just go to sleep and not to get worked up about all the things
10:00 watching TV
10:15 finally asleep.
