They are in school now.
2.5 hours everyday to be productive and do projects and be me! !
Everyday I wake up with a huge list of things to do and think to myself: "Self, you use to be working all these hours and you still made dinner and cleaned your house, this will be easy! You can do this! Today is going to be a productive, list checking-off kind of day!"
Then, I make/feed breakfast.
Then, I beg them to brush their teeth.
Then, I take a shower.
Then, I try to comb hair.
Then, I ask them to get their school things ready 10,000 times.
Then, I drive Lauren to school.
Then, I drive home with Natalie.
Then, we play Horton Hears a Who. . . over and over.
Then, we play the cupcake game.
Then, I try to put away clothes while Natalie sits at my feet asking me to read to her.
Then, we abandon the laundry and read.
Then, we discuss what should be for lunch
Then,
Then, Natalie eats while I do the morning dishes (don't judge -- they aren't done before lunch)
Then, I drive Natalie to Kindergarten.
Then, I come home and eat.
Then, I think about my list I made in my mind that morning.
2.5 hours left.
Then, I get overwhelmed.
Then, I get 1.5 things done on my list.
If I am lucky.
I think luck only comes around like once a week.
Then my 2.5 hours is over (which it really isn't 2.5 if you factor in driving time to and from school)
Then, I leave to go pick up the girls from school.
Then, we drive home.
Not to worry we've still got a good 2.5 hours before Eric gets home. Plenty of time to be productive.
So. . . . . .
Then, we make an after-school snack.
Then, we clean up the snack.
Then, I finish the laundry I abandoned this morning.
Is it just me or does laundry NEVER end. (see my post about naked day)
Then, I break up an argument over legos.
Then, I start making dinner (feel bad for me, because my oven and stove aren't working right now).
Then, I try to keep the girls happy until it is actually time to eat dinner.
Then, my 2.5 hours of productivity is OVER!
Then, Eric comes home and asks me how my day was and what I did today.
I may just refer him to this post EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
He can read it 2.5 times.
1 comment:
Amber, this sounds very, very familiar (except for the part where you get time to yourself--I still have two around). I can totally relate to the feeling of wanting to be so productive and then hardly getting anything done in the end. But, from your list, you sound like you are accomplishing a lot: doing laundry and actually putting it away, doing the dishes before lunch, making dinner AND making them lunch (I usually make them find their own--and no, I'm not kidding). Taking care of kids is the accomplishment, even if you don't feel like you get anything else done.
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