4:38 am Wonderful Hubby wakes me up with his snoring. This is a recurring theme in our household. Move to spare bedroom. Spend half hour worrying about interview. Fall back to sleep.
6:25 am Woken by small dog who wants food. Wonderful Hubby comes to wake me up as well, since my alarm has gone off, and then goes to wake the kids. I am grateful for having prepared the coffee to start automatically.
6:30-7:30 Take out recycling, drip stale beer down my shoulder. Not going to ruin my mood, however. Got the kids out the door on time and with most of their morning chores completed! Even stopped the car before pushing them out at school!
7:30-8:45 Have a walk with Kim. Good discussions of why our hubbies are helping out MORE than usual this week. BOTH husbands have pointed out that they'd do whatever around the house, we only had to ask. Strangely enough, we haven't had to ask them to do anything so far this week, they've just seen something needing to be done and done it. Think the blog is great in more ways than one! Got a bit lost and had to use the iPhone to find our way back to our cars.
8:45-9:30 Yikes! Gotta hustle to shower and prepare for interview. Try on aforementioned out of date suit. Marvel that it still fits (see that scheduled exercise really pays off!) and looks okay. It is a bit uncomfortable because it has a waistline that goes over the navel, and I have been wearing low-rise pants for the last 5 years, but, with the jacket on, no one will know but me!
10:00-11:00 Meet with a wonderful friend who has a need for some part-time contract work. (It really is all about who you know!) Work out a win/win for both of us. If CFO agrees, I start next week! Really great company with bright engaging professionals. Got to use big words! Head home, starting to really HATE suit and want to pull an Al Bundy.
11:00-1:15 Voicemail from teacher who says son might have pink eye. Ignore it. They'll call again if they need to send him home. Panic about what happens now that Wonderful Hubby is traveling. Emails from volunteers in a panic. Get home, want a stiff drink, settle for what's left of the coffee, RIP off evil suit and throw it into a pile - climb into comfy jeans and slouchy sweater. Sit down to work.
1:45-3:00 Realize that I forgot that I'd help out at kids' school and hustle out the door so that they don't wind up riding the bus home to find that I'm not. Have kids do homework while volunteering.
3:30-5:00 Take kids to Toys R Us. Need birthday gifts, and kids are dying to spend gift cards. Curse gift cards given by well-meaning family members. Tell kids only 1/2 an hour. 1 and 1/2 hours later, leave store.
5:30-7:00 Yay! Awesome brother comes to rescue and grabs kids for dinner. Work on volunteer projects in peace. Have glass of wine! Forget to make to-do list for tomorrow. Remark that I need to 1. take dog to the vet, 2. take car in for repair, 3. am almost out of milk. Wonder when the heck I'm going to do that!?
7:00-9:00 Friend time! Enjoy get-together at friend's. Feel connected with other women/mommies.
9:00-10:00 pick up sleeping kids from Awesome Brother's and try to sneak them into bed before they wake up too much. Have LONG conversation with emotional (and tired)7 year old. Realize I have only had string cheese, coffee, and wine to eat today. Have another glass of wine, eat frozen dinner and a bunch of potato chips while catching up on DVR TV(so much for that workout). Feel guilty, throw away bag of chips.
For the most part, this was a good fulfilling day. Didn't spend enough time with children, which seems to show. Plan on making up for that tomorrow!
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