A Typical Workday...

...OR...Where the Hell I've Been.

5:30-6:30 am: Andrew wakes up. Bring him into our room before he wakes his sister. Change his diaper and put him into the Pack-n-Play. Pray he'll go back to sleep for a few minutes. Usually he doesn't so we turn on Sprout and he watches cartoons for a bit.

7:00 am: Mr. JuJu is usually up and in the shower, Julian climbs into our bed.

7:15 am: Have had enough of Drew's whining and Julian's kicking. Get out of bed.

7:20 am: Madeline is up. Change her diaper.

7:30 am: Making breakfast, washing dishes, laying out clothes for Julian, finding backpack and shoes.

7:35 am: Showing Julian how to hang up his bath towel for the 13,713th time.

7:45 am: Change Andrew's poopy diaper.

7:55 am: Kiss goodbye for Mr. JuJu.

8:00 am: Getting all kids to the table for  breakfast.

8:10 am: Making Julian's lunch for school, helping him with his spelling homework.

8:15 am: Putting more waffles in the toaster for baby with bottomless pit of a stomach.

8:30 am: Get everyone down from table, gather dishes and wipe off table.

8:35 am: Help Julian get coat, gloves, boots, hat and backpack on.

8:40 am: Pull baby out of my room where he is calling someone from our bedside phone.

8:45 am: Kiss Julian good bye, stand at front window with the little ones and wave goodbye to the bus.

8:50 am: Put Calliou on for kids while I do the morning dishes and clean up the kitchen.

9:00 am: Make beds, gather laundry and put clothes in the washer.

9:20 am: Make coffee and put an english muffin in the toaster.

9:30 am: Break up a fight and finally SIT DOWN to have my breakfast and check email.

9:31 am: Someone poops, stop eating to change diaper. Wash hands.

9:35 am: Sit back down to cold coffee and food.

9:36 am: Reheat coffee.

9:37 am: Answer pleas and begging for "MORE WATER PLEEEAAASSEEEE, MOMMMMMYYYYY."

9:40 am: Finish breakfast and cup of coffee.

9:45 am: Transfer clothes from washer to dryer.

10:00 am: Time out for cuddling with my babies.

10:30 am: Answer pleas and begging for "NEED SNACKS PLEEEAAAASSSEEE, MOMMMMYYYY!"

10:40 am: Fold dry laundry, put another load into washer. Feed cat.

10:50 am: Make some calls for {insert any sorts of appointment making you like, but stick to the non-fun spa-type appointments like pediatrician check-ups and urology}.

11:00 am: Pull out some clean clothes and towels.

11:15 am: Bathtime for the kids.

11:45 am: Make lunch.

12:00 pm: Eat lunch...might even be lucky enough to sit and eat too!

12:30 pm: Baby gets a bottle and down for a nap.

12:40 pm: Madeline goes down for a nap.

12:45 pm: Clean up lunch dishes and kitchen.

1:00 pm: Back downstairs to do laundry.

1:20 pm: Sit down to read some blogs, IM with husband, have a snack and some more coffee.

1:30 pm: Think about posting something to my blog, realize noone wants to hear what I do all day.

1:45 pm: More laundry.

2:00 pm: Shower before the kids wake up if I am lucky.

2:30 pm: Get ready for work.

3:00 pm: Kids are up. Change diapers.

3:15 pm: Snacks.

3:30 pm: Julian comes home. We talk about his day, look at school papers, play with the kids and turn on some cartoons.

4:00 pm: Stare at pantry, stare into fridge. Decide on dinner....either start it or call for pizza.

4:15 pm: Get some more snuggles in before I have to leave.

4:30 pm: Fight with flat iron, hate hair.

4:45 pm: Find coat, purse, keys, gloves, scarf.

5:00 pm: Get kids to the table for dinner....if lucky, dinner is on the table when Mr. JuJu walks in the door at...

5:10 pm: Say hello to Mr. JuJu. Say goodbye to Mr.JuJu. Kiss kids and leave for work.

5:40 pm: Arrive at work.

5:45 pm: Work.

6:30 pm: Work

7:30 pm: Work

8:30 pm: Work

9:00 pm: Basically give up on work, have some coffee and bullshit with my co-workers. eat cookies, make fun of customers. Best part of my night.

9:45 pm: Leave work.

10:15 pm: Arrive at grocery store and shop for groceries.

10:40 pm: Come home! Kiss husband. Fall into chair.

11:00 pm: Asleep in chair.

Comments

[cassie-b]

I would call that a VERY FULL day. I wonder if you ever get a nap.

Cas

[JuJuBee]

I can't nap...it seems to make me even more groggy.

[Peeved Michelle]

Why did you decide to go back to work?

[Hazel]

You forgot: Bring home bacon, fry it up in a pan.

[JuJuBee]

PM: Because we need the money mostly, but also because it's nice to have time with other adults and I love what I do, not to mention that there is a future there with the company...This is roughly three or four nights a week.

[heathabee]

When I win the lottery I am going to buy you a dishwasher! Far too much time in people's lives is wasted by the kitchen sink!

<3

[JuJuBee]

Ha! We might be putting one in this Christmas:) Just need to figure out where. I love you for the thought.

[Chris Cactus]

So I get the impression you're trying to tell us you're a little busy ;)

[Peeved Michelle]

Just wondering. No judging :)

[heathabee]

Yesssssss! Perfect gift for the house! :o)

[One Wink]

When the hell did you post this??? I don't even come here anymore. ;-) Uh, you forgot to pee.

[One Wink]

Actually, I check every day. This is so pretty! Thank you again for a perfectly lovely visit :-)
xo

[Kevlar]

That same routine is repeated by Mrs. Kevlar nearly on a daily basis (with the exception of the work times). I have two thoughts on this as I am sure it is repeated by hundreds of thousands of other parents:

1. Our lives are what we make them to be. We make the schedules for the little ones, it is NOT the other way around. As two of my three young ones are now of the organized sport age, I can’t help but feel the frustration of everything down to the last minute of our lives has become pre-determined, pre-scheduled and dictated to be a certain place at a certain time to “play”. When did this insanity take hold of me, my wife and my family? When I was a child (and I’m pushing reaaal close to 40 now), we simply played with our friends. Of course there was little league, but that was nothing compared to the games we made up on our own.

2. On the other hand, I sit and think that we should enjoy the time when sitting down to eat a warm breakfast and a hot cup of coffee is a luxury. It seems like it lasts forever, but the reality is that its over in a blink of an eye. A question we discuss in the Kevlar household is who and what will we be doing, when the kids don’t need the constant attention?

PS. I followed a link here from OneWink since she is becoming a part of the 2dP family 

[Melinda]

Wow, isn't it funny when you list it all out that you can see how much you do in a day? It's crazy.

[Indonesian Writing-AHM]

What a busy day!

[Lori]

Are you ever going to blog again?