A Day in My Life...

7:20 - drag myself out of bed since 3 kids are already downstairs with Craig; get dressed in workout clothes and pack bag for the gym

8:20 - make sure that Josh and Annie have had breakfast, brushed their teeth, packed their lunches and have their homework in their backpacks and are out the door in time to catch the school bus

play with Max and Noah and feed them breakfast

9:05 - leave for the gym

9:06 - call Craig to ask a quick question and find out the Josh and Annie's school is in lockdown because of a report of a student carrying a gun

9:07 - drive by the school to ease any fears that my imagination has been conjuring up; see that everything looks normal and head to the gym

9:40 - check kids into childcare and head upstairs to ride a bike; poop out after 5 miles, so some abs, and go take a shower.

11:30 - meet a Mary Kay consultant in the Kohl's parking lot to barter some products (found her on craigslist); leave with a couple lipsticks, a cleansing bar and my moisturizer that I traded for products that cost me nothing!

11:40 - head to Wal-Mart; decide against using the backpack/cart routine and put the boys in the double stroller and carry a hand cart; can't find the snacks I wanted for today's meeting...choose something else and get the rest of the items on the list, which now fill my entire hand cart and the whole bottom compartment of the stroller.

12:30 - get home, unload groceries, chat with neighbor who is gardening, feed kids and eat some leftover pizza

1:00 - put Noah down, play with Max on the computer

1:15 - put Max down, start preparing for this afternoon's meeting

1:40 - realize how tired I am and decide to take a short nap before the sitter comes

1:42 - get call from boss with more things to prep for today's meeting

1:43 - call sitter (good friend) and ask her to please get me a Dr Pepper on her way

2:20 - scramble to get out the door on time with everything I need, wave to neighbor who is still gardening

2:45 - arrive at meeting site to set up and realize I'm missing the papers my boss I asked me to bring

2:52 - locate someone in the building kind enough to receive a fax and call sitter

3:00 - 5:15 - long meeting...

5:15 - 5:30 - finish paperwork so I can finally get paid, head home, chat with neighbor who let Annie help her in her gardening

5:45 - greet kids, chat with sitter, try on shoes she brought me, start dinner; realize that dinner won't be done before Annie needs to leave for Girl Scouts so I make her a turkey sandwich

6:05 - Craig comes home - earlier than expected!

6:25 - take Annie to Girl Scouts (wave to neighbor with the beautiful garden)

6:35 - eat dinner with the boys

6:55 - leave for the park (as previously promised, before I knew Craig would be home early)

7:25 - leave the park to get Annie from Girl Scouts (leave Craig and Josh there because they had wandered off looking for frogs and lost track of time), go back to look for Craig and Josh

7:40 - return to house; get in Craig's car and leave for tutoring job

8:00 - 9:30 - work on a translation assignment for a Spanish 8 student

9:37 - pop into the "other" Wal-Mart to look for a particular article of clothing (mission unsuccessful)

10:01 - arrive home; check e-mail, MOPS website, craigslist job postings and Facebook updates; write this blog

10:45 - heading to bed

(Can't wait for tomorrow - minimum day for Josh and Annie, packing for the weekend, driving to San Jose...)