Week of The other Job

I took this last week off work, or so I thought. Turns out being a mom and wife is my other full time job. I am pooped!

Monday...
Got up at 6am, went grocery shopping with the 2yr old, put the food away. Did two loads of laundry, picked up the 8 yr old, Came home for nap, did two loads of dishes and took the kids to nanna's. Went to the parent-teacher conference, got dinner, feed mom's cat, scooped the poop, came home to put kids to bed and chat with hubby and watch shows till bed.

Tuesday...
Got up at 8:30am, did the dishes, more laundry, played with the 2yr old. Picked up the 8yr old from school, made lunch, naps. Made dinner, cleaned up, Left for yoga. On the way home stopped at the store, came home cooked another dinner and pumpkin bread. Put the kids to bed, chatted with the hubby and off to bed.

Wednesday...
Got up at 8:30am, did the dishes, more laundry, dropped off dinner, delivered pumpkin bread. Picked up the 8yr old from school, took the kids to Chuckie Cheese, then off to the Girl Scout Store! Dropped Rachel off at hubby's work, went home and went through all the Girl Scout stuff while the 2yr old cried and played in his bed for 2 hours. Then made dinner, made green bean casserole for Thanksgiving, and more pumpkin bread. Feed the cat at mom's house, scooped the poop, rearranged the linens, more laundry, sent the kids to bed so hubby and I could rest before crashing.

Thursday....
Got up at 8:00 am, made breakfast, did the dishes, got the meatballs in the crock-pot for lunch, watched cartoons with the kids to wake up hubby in time to get Grandma. Watched the parade, got lunch made, watched some more TV and showed grandma pictures. Made Thanksgiving dinner, put together TO-GO package for hubby for the in-laws who spent the day at the hospital. Watched a movie with the kids, sent them to bed and crashed in bed with Star Trek.

Friday...
Got up at 9am, made breakfast. Watched cartoons with the kids, and then did the dishes. Chilled out for a bit then got in the car. Took Uncle back to the hospital, got lost in Seattle. Went to the airport where I drove around for two hours. Picked up mom, went to Applebees, and then got home to chill with the kids, watched movies, to send the kids to bed, and BLOG.

This weekend....Get the 8 yr old to Gymnastics, go through storage, get Christmas decorations up and harvest decorations put away. Get the bed, currently in our closet, to grandma's go to her house to go through stuff, hopefully go see the zoo lights and get ready to teach Sunday School. Teach Sunday School, get ready for the work week. Go grocery shopping, more cooking, more dishes, more laundry.

It helps to have this documented to look back and see that I really did something. Cause it feels like I did nothing extraordinary.