Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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2/23 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm - Negotiate with kids to eat dinner (parmesan chicken, cheesy rice & broccoli)
6:00 - 7:30 - Bathe, shampoo, brush teeth, pajamas, read stories, say prayers, tuck kids into bed
7:30 - 8:30 - Eat dinner with M; clean up kitchen
8:30 - 10:00 - Fold laundry, make D snack/lunch for next day, set coffee maker and WATCH TV
10:00 - 10:03 - Fall asleep while reading in bed
10:03 - 11:30 - Sleep
11:30 - 11:45 - Woken up by screaming kid
11:45 - 1:00 am - Sleep
2/24 - 1:00 - 1:15 am - Woken up by screaming kid
1:15 - 3:00 - Sleep
3:00 - 3:15 - Woken up by screaming kid; suspect something is going on with kid, too tired to deal
3:15 - 5:45 - Sleep
5:45 - Woken up by alarm
5:45 - 6:15 - Shower, make up, get dressed, do hair
6:15 - 6:25 - Down a cup of coffee, estimate Benadryl needs for day
6:25 - 6:50 - Deal with screaming kid, who now has a 103 fever and is hacking his lungs out while simultaneously getting D ready for school
6:50 - 7:30 - Breakfast for D; medicine for A
7:30 - 7:45 - Change into clothes appropriate for morning drop off, i.e., not flannel pajamas and mismatched lounge pants
7:45 - 8:00 - Take D to school
8:00 - 9:00 - Clean up breakfast, check emails and blogs; A alternates between watching Diego and screaming
9:00 - 10:30 - Errands: post office, grocery store, CVS
10:30 - 11:30 - Read stories for A
11:30 - Try to convince A to eat lunch
11:40 - Opt for nap instead (A, not me!)
11:40 - 2:00 - A naps: 2 loads of laundry, clean downstairs bath, balance checkbook, order rug samples, check on retreat at Church, go through mail, respond to RFI from Jr. League council
2:00 - 2:45 - Play Cariboo with A
2:45 - 3:00 - sit in car line
3:00 - 4:15 - dispense snacks, do homework, read with D
4:15 - 4:55 - Make breakfast for dinner, put away laundry, vacuum up 3 bushels of dog hair
4:55 - 5:00 - Negotiate with kids to eat dinner; remind self that bedtime is just around the corner

Jack Bauer has it EASY.

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