So far today I've
- got up and showered before anyone else was up (a rare treat but had to sacrifice a bit of extra sleep to achieve it)
- organised breakfast for 3 boys and myself,
- made school lunches and did the dishes
- threw a load of washing on (mixing whites and darks together, terrible homemaking skills there)
- drove the big boys to two different schools, then drove home singing Wheels on the Bus over and over again to Charlie
- got to sit down to drink a quick cup of coffee, but had to do it picnic style on a rug on the floor with Charlie
- checked work tasks & emails etc whilst feeding Charlie (I'm getting good at multi tasking)
- vacuumed
- dusted
- hung out two loads of washing in the sunshine, while admiring Charlie's new ant friends
- changed a dirty nappy (bet you really wanted to know that LOL)
- took Charlie and our dog to the park for a run in the sun
- fed Charlie lunch whilst trying to divert a two year old meltdown, due to the fact that Roary the Racing Car is no longer on tv (so what do you want me to do about it, kid?)
- cleaned spagetti bolognese off the floor
- read Charlie a story, skipping all the boring bits because I was tired
- sung him his lullaby and put him down for his nap
- took a big breathe
- made myself some lunch
- got stuck into work
- got overwhelmed and stressed by how much work there is to do, due to someone being away sick for a week and me having to do two jobs
- stopped working to write this blog post.
Today I have yet to :
- get Charlie up from his nap - I can hear him chatting away in his bed but he hasn't yet demanded "I get up NOW" so he can stay there a bit longer
- go and pick up the big boys from their schools
- take them to the train station to visit their dad for the afternoon and evening
- go to the furniture store to pick up the kitchen stools I had ordered that are now in
- struggle to get the boxes into the car, get frustrated and try not say a swear word in front of Charlie who is parroting everything back these day
- drive home in peak hour traffic
- arrive home more stressed than when I left
- make dinner whilst entertaining a hungry toddler hanging off my leg
- eat dinner
- bath Charlie and get completely soaked myself in the process
- feed Charlie his dessert
- fob Charlie off to Daddy as he walks through the door
- get changed into martial arts clothes
- go train with a 9th dan black belt
- release a lot of stress
- drive home
- shower
- collapse
Wow, reading this makes me feel tired, and that is after having a 2 hour nanna nap as you were posting this. In my defense, I had a manic start to the day, was attacked by a duck, had bloods taken, prepared dinner and pretended to clean the house. I should add that today is my weekend, I am working all day on Saturday.
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