Monday, May 9, 2011

Ready, Set, Go!

6:20 - Wake up to roll Hayley's hair and burn my fingers
7:00 - Do Hayley's make-up
7:30 - Make Hayley speed eat a banana
7:40 - Get Hayley and Robert out the door.
7:40 - Bailey arrives.
7:45 - attempt a little more sleep
8:15 - texts from 3 people
8:16 - respond to texts
8:20 - attempt a little more sleep
8:30 - desperate call from Lisa because Madeline forgot a project at home and she's at therapy.
8:40 - finally fall back asleep, much to my despair
10:00 - wake up and realize it's 10:00. Madeline needs her project by 10:30
10:01 - profanity
10:02 - dressed, teeth brushed, hair in ponytail
10:03 - Bailey scooped up, diaper changed, strapped in
10:05 - Make Bailey's bottle and put her in the car. Thank God she can feed herself.
10:06 - Scoop Caroline out of the bed, pajamas and all, and strap her in the car.
10:07 - Annelise pulls in the driveway with McClara.
10:08 - Strap McClara's carseat and McClara into the car.
10:10 - drive rapidly to Lisa's house to retrieve bird project.
10:14 - Leave Lisa's headed for Northside Elementary
10:17 - pull into Northside, run project into school
10:20 - leave Northside and head home
10:25 - back at home, unload all the children
10:35 - children settled, sit down to breathe for a minute
10:40 - bathe and dry the severely stinky dog, give her medicine
11:15 - change diaper, take 2 toddlers to the potty
11:30 - feed toddlers lunch
12:00 - feed Robert and myself
12:15 - fold 3 loads of laundry
12:45 - rock sleepy baby and lay her down for a nap
1:00 - hold whiny 3 year old who can't stand for me to leave the room for more than 30 seconds. Argh.
1:15 - put make-up on in between holding whiny 3 year old
1:30 - make juice for toddlers
1:40 - wake sleeping baby, make another bottle
1:45 - strap kids into the car
1:50 - stop at Sonic so Diet Coke can keep me from imploding
2:00 - head to Jr. High to check Hayley out because Lisa can't pick her up today. BUT I don't have enough seats to pick them up all at once.
2:30 - Drop Hayley at home and head to Eastside
2:40 - Arrive at Eastside to get Foley and Sara Blaine
2:50 - leave Eastside (finally!) They've GOT to get rid of all the cut trees!
3:00 - get Hayley from her house to go to my house
3:10 - ride SOOOO illegally through the neighborhood
3:15 - Fluff/re-roll Hayley's hair
3:30 - touch up make-up
3:45 - Load McClara and Bailey; leave Foley, Sara Blaine, Madeline, and Caroline at home ALONE (slight panic) to take Hayley to the high school for musical practice.
3:50 - drop Hayley off
3:52 - get into afternoon high school traffic. Joy.
4:00 - pull into my driveway to retrieve Hannah and Sara Beth from Susan's van
4:02 - Unload children
4:03 - search for lost pacifier; never found
4:04 - raiding of fridge/freezer by 7 hungry elementary children and toddlers
4:15 - Annelise arrives for McClara; commence chit chat
4:20 - Laura arrives for Bailey and Foley; more chit chat
4:35 - children I babysit leave with their mothers
4:45 - Sara Blaine's dad arrives, she leaves
4:55 - out of town friend calls to work out weekend visit
5:00 - Lyda Sue arrives to take Hannah and SB to their mom
5:30 - Lisa arrives to get Madeline
5:35 - I start to breathe normally again.....
5:40 - call back the out of town friend to finish conversation
6:00 - catch up on 2 DVR shows I've been trying to watch for a week
7:30 - Robert finally gets home from band auditions
7:35 - I get filled in on the day's events.
8:30 - we finally go get dinner because I'm starving
9:40 - home for the night
9:45 - bathtime, story time, bedtime.
Finish Line!
*completelyexhaustedmommy*

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