My Monday-Fridays look about the same with slight variations to the evening events and it looks something like this:
6am up and shower, dress, do my hair, makeup and on my way through the hall way peak in to make sure the kids are out of their beds and mopping around finding clothes...hubby typically wakes first and showers then wakes the kids up on his way to the kitchen to start coffee and breakfast.
Once I bark a few orders to the kiddies or rattle them to get them on their feet I rush to start making lunches. I double check that I didn't miss any important news about what is happening at school or daycare for the week to come on the fridge and on my phone. Check the time about 5-6 times to make sure that we are out the door in time,
I grab my breakfast and throw the last minute dishes in the sink and we heard our little tired grumpy off spring to the car. Usually they forget one of the steps of getting ready, or they are being super pokey about getting to the car or need help with shoes, and always ends with either myself or hubby sitting down in our seats and buckling up with a big sigh letting go of the routine frustrations.
We kiss the kids and send them on their way for fun and adventure...check the field trip signups and look for any news as we try and quickly depart and get on the road to beat traffic.
Hubby drops me off at work first...with a kiss and a talk to you later, have a good day, don't get too stressed, it is just work send off, and he jets away in our car to get to his job.
Once I walk through the office door, I sit in the lobby and read my bible and my devotionals, check facebook, and pintrest...if there is time emails and the calendar we all share on the phone to make sure I haven't missed anything that I have forgotten.
I clock in and race to take care of everyone...catch up on peoples weekends, find all the stuff I didn't do last week, and find out the latests updates or office drama.
mid morning a 15 min Break!! I typically walk this whole break, but there are times where I remember I need to make a phone call, schedule an appointment for hubby or the kids or myself...touch base with one of my parents or just get some ice water and finish reading my bible...facebook, pintrest, or email.
Get back to work, to be on time and hit my stride with work till Lunch-if I actually go ontime, which happens, if I am lucky once or twice a week. This is my bliss time. I don't answer to anyone for 45 whole minutes. I can eat lunch outside or inside...I can be social and talk or not. I do something different everyday just cause I can! Sometimes I will finish up those pesky calls, to doctors or the school or family.
Then I head right back into my work...I take an afternoon break where I will walk mostly or sit down and close my eyes...lately I have been addicted to those facebook videos coming through.
After my 8 hours, I am out the door and hubby is sitting in the parking lot waiting for me. We talk about our day, what stressed us out, tell stories, and re-connect!
We pick up the kids, check form news of the coming week, talk to the teachers to make sure we are not missing anything and gather the kiddies into the car. We try and connect with the kids or share our parenting wisdom to the kids before we get home.
Once we hit the driveway...everyone goes in different directions. Kids pick a room to zone out to video games or shows...hubby heads to the garage. office, laundry room, or yard to complete a chore and I head to the kitchen to do dishes, and cook dinner.
We eat dinner late depending on how long dishes, dinner or another chore we find to do finishes and we either decide to pull our kids out of their zones and make them converse with us further or we serve them dinner and zone out ourselves on whatever latest show we fancy at the time.
Bed time is strictly enforced; Kids put pj's on brush their teeth...argue about how they want to stay up later and later, and figure out how they can bargain for more time...and then give up knowing that the next day will different.
Once the kids are in bed, Hubby and I indulge on our healthy treat (ice cream, chips and salsa, cereal or whatever) and watch shows the kids should not be around for.
Then we fall into bed and do it all over again!
Saturdays are usually our chore day-finish folding all the laundry we have pushed through the washer and dryer or start washing and drying...we typically have a load of laundry to do a day, and if we don't stay on top of it we can end up spending 2 hours folding 6-7 loads. We do yard work, go to family events, or have dinner parties with friends.
Sunday we go to church in the morning, then grocery shopping for the week. We don't typically have time to shop throughout the week and to save both time and money we do it all in a 1-2 hour trip at our favorite all in one store, Freddies. Then we go home, put the food away, start linner, take out the trash, do one or two chores like vacuuming or cleaning the toilets, laundry...or force our precious angels to slave away cleaning their toys up or straightening their rooms-we are so mean! We may have a dinner party on Sunday nights, which is always super fun!
Then we start the work week all over again....we are like a machine, trying to do the best we can everyday and make every day count!
Coming soon though things will change...maybe for the better, but the jury is still out.
Now if there are any weird people reading this and think, oh I can take advantage of this...let it be known this not set in stone...we have a guard cat...alarm system, and a detective in the family-don't mess!!!
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