Inspired by Sarah Davis’ daily jot, I thought I’d offer a peek inside what my days look like:
5:00 am – Wake up to Bronte telling me, “my throat is so thirsty,” over and over. Get her a drink of water. She demands chocolate milk with syrup. Tell her she’s getting water. Listen to her whine. Still offer her water. She finally drinks it. Try to go back to bed.
5:10 – 6:00 – Try to ignore Bronte talking to me and go back to sleep. Repeatedly tell her to go back to sleep.
6:15 – Alarm goes off. Feed baby. Get up. Take shower. Simultaneously get stuff together for diaper bag, find clothes for kids, and get dressed.
7:00 – Children awake. Chase them around trying to change diapers/dress them. Put laundry away. Try to dodge minefield of toys, crawling baby, hungry dog, and messy kitchen and make breakfast. Pack lunch for work.
8:00 – Feed baby, carry everything to the car while carrying baby, get children secured in carseats.
8:15 – Go back for Bronte’s shoes.
8:30 – Drop children off a sitter. Drive in silence to work. Realize coffee is still in microwave at home.
9:00 -work
1:00 – pick up children from sitter. Emerson is asleep when I get there, which means no nap this afternoon. drop phone in toilet while helping bronte in the bathroom.
1:15 – drag everything back in the house while carrying baby. feed baby. change clothes. start laundry. refill chocolate milk. wipe bottoms.
2:00 – mow lawn while carrying baby. put away laundry while carrying baby. vacuum while carrying baby. play imagination games. chase Bronte around. stop Bronte from throwing dirt out of garden beds. listen to tantrum.
4:00 – bathe children. wreck all their fun by stopping them from drowning each other in bathtub. try to dress children. put away laundry. clean up bathroom.
5:00 – empty dishwasher. start dinner. start peeling and seeding tomatoes for salsa. take out compost. tiptoe through minefield of toys, toddler banging on pots and pans, baby crawling, and mess. stop baby from eating yuckies on the floor.
6:00 – serve dinner. listen to baby scream in high chair and Bronte tell me she’s not hungry, doesn’t like what we’re serving, etc. try to shove food in mouth while baby sits on lap and bronte runs around the table. clean up glass of water bronte spills on table. comfort bronte because she stubs her toe.
7:00 – put children to bed.
8:00 – clean up dinner mess, clean up kitchen, sweep floor, finish canning salsa, take out garbage, sort recycling, feed baby, do laundry. feed baby. feed baby. download pictures off of camera. attempt to pick up house.
feed baby. feed baby.
11:00 – bed.