I thought I was busy from about mid-2000 thru mid-2001. During that time I had a 3 year old and a baby. I was working full time. And I had (still have!) a wonderful husband whose job at that time required him to be overseas for 28 weeks out of that year (including weekends). I made it thru and lived to tell the tale.
However, this first week of school is about killing me! I am so thankful that I DON'T have to go into an office every day. Here is goes:
Monday: cook dinner (yes, that was the first thing I did). drive AM carpool to high school. drive Abby to grammar school. go to yoga (OK, that was fun!). go to the grocery. put away groceries, shower, have lunch, relax for about an hour. go pick up Abby. go pick up Maggie (who stayed after school for a cross-country meeting). go home. take Abby to violin lesson. collapse.
Tuesday: Tuesday actually wasn't so bad! take Abby to school. go to the gym. come home, finish laundry, and relax for a bit. get Abby from school. go pick up Maggie and another girl from cross country practice (at UNO campus, not exactly convenient!). come home thru rush hour traffic. collapse.
Wednesday: drive AM carpool to high school. drive Abby to school. come home for a quick work-out. shower and go to Bible study (first session of the year!). go to the post office. go order new shoe inserts. go to the mall to pick up something. grab some lunch. go pick up Maggie and her friend (2pm dismissal for staff meeting). go to pick up Abby and allow Maggie and her friend to visit with their friends who stayed at grammar school for 8th grade. drop Maggie's friend off. pick up Chinese food. go home. (note -- we were actually scheduled for an orthodontist appointment which got cancelled. rescheduling that was involved as well!).
Thursday: get up extremely early to fit in some exercise. drive Abby to school. go to car dealership -- AC not working when car's not moving, brakes are making squealing sound. get shuttle back home. finish laundry. iron. take Tom's car to the grocery and drug store (thanks to Tom for working from home that morning!). get call from dealership -- problem is with the fan for the AC (or radiator or something, although the car never was overheating) which needs to be ordered and renders the car undriveable. also needs new brakes. call Enterprise and order rental. hitch ride from Tom to get car. get home, have lunch. chill for 45 minutes. go pick up Abby. chill for an hour. go to cross-country parent's meeting. go to high school parent's club meeting. go to high school open house. visit each of Maggie's teachers/classrooms. come home, collapse.
Today (so far and what's coming next!): take Abby to school. go to yoga. come home, make dinner (well, I'll eat it for lunch!), shower, and relax. then I'll go pick up Abby, drive to pick up Maggie and another girl and take them to City Park for cross country practice. Abby and I will stay and then bring everyone home about 5:30. about 7:45 out again to pick up at least one of Maggie's friends and take them to the back-to-school dance. thankfully she's got a ride home!
Tomorrow morning cross-country has time trials, so we'll be at UNO for 7:45am. Piano in the afternoon.
Sigh. I'm so thankful for carpooling, Tom being in-town and able to work from home Thursday morning, yoga class, Bible study, and God who's in control when everything else is falling apart.
Have a great (busy/relaxing?) weekend!
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