My Day
It's quarter to ten and I just got home about 20 minutes ago. This was a long, long day. I should be in bed but I love you all so much that I just have to give you a rundown on the events of the day.
5:44 a.m. Sweet, wonderful sleep.
5:45 a.m. Her Majesty comes into our bedroom. "Mama, I have poop!"
6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. Shower, dress, make W.B.'s lunch, make breakfast for two, clean syrup off table and floor, clean up spilled milk, feed cats, oversee dressing and tooth-brushing, wash dishes, pack car, and exit home in South Austin.
7:35 a.m. Drop W.B. off at school. Attempt to settle his overdue cafeteria bill with a check. Not allowed. Pay with loose change in my wallet.
7:40 a.m. Breakfast at bagel place. Honey wheat bagel with peanut butter, yum.
7:55 a.m. Arrive at work downtown. Open calendar on computer and discover dentist appointment scheduled at 8:10.
8:15 a.m. Arrive at dentists' in South Austin. Get permanent bridge put on, am scolded for not flossing, and have teeth cleaned. Apologize profusely for masticated bagel and sticky peanut butter remaining in mouth.
9:30 a.m. Return to office downtown. Check email, make a few phone calls, move stacks of paper from one side of desk to the other in an attempt to "organize."
10:00 a.m. Reimbursement checks distributed. Head to the bank to deposit so that American Express bill can be paid.
11:00 a.m. Leave office to drive to far north Austin for Board meeting. Gobble down lunch (salad) with Board members, take minutes, and schmooze.
1:30 p.m. Shit shit shit! Board meeting runs late. Return to office downtown to drop off coworker and head to Westlake for appointment with therapist.
2:15 p.m. Reveal "epiphany" to therapist. Am soundly congratulated. Don't cry this time.
3:30 p.m. Return to office downtown. Useless to start any work because I have a meeting in a half-hour.
4:00 p.m. Meeting.
5:00 p.m. Call daycare to confirm that children were picked up by family member.
5:30 p.m. Head to north Austin for a committee meeting. Eat dinner at Zuzu's. Another salad--greens twice in one day! A record!
6:30-9:00 p.m. Committee meeting. Discover that I am required to research and report on a possible agency to be funded a week from today, including a site visit and interviews with previous volunteers.
9:15 p.m. Stop for a six-pack.
9:30 p.m. Arrive home. Discover that our much-loved, recently-moved pediatrician has called and given Pod a list of doctors in another city who might be able to solve the whole Wonder Boy/five times in the hospital in 2 years mystery. Sorry I missed him.
9:50 p.m. Blog.
Still to do: clean litter boxes, feed cats, clean out W.B.'s lunchbox, and wash dishes.
Quality time spent with kids? Zip. Quality time spent with husband? Zip. Right now, I just need sleep.
5:44 a.m. Sweet, wonderful sleep.
5:45 a.m. Her Majesty comes into our bedroom. "Mama, I have poop!"
6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. Shower, dress, make W.B.'s lunch, make breakfast for two, clean syrup off table and floor, clean up spilled milk, feed cats, oversee dressing and tooth-brushing, wash dishes, pack car, and exit home in South Austin.
7:35 a.m. Drop W.B. off at school. Attempt to settle his overdue cafeteria bill with a check. Not allowed. Pay with loose change in my wallet.
7:40 a.m. Breakfast at bagel place. Honey wheat bagel with peanut butter, yum.
7:55 a.m. Arrive at work downtown. Open calendar on computer and discover dentist appointment scheduled at 8:10.
8:15 a.m. Arrive at dentists' in South Austin. Get permanent bridge put on, am scolded for not flossing, and have teeth cleaned. Apologize profusely for masticated bagel and sticky peanut butter remaining in mouth.
9:30 a.m. Return to office downtown. Check email, make a few phone calls, move stacks of paper from one side of desk to the other in an attempt to "organize."
10:00 a.m. Reimbursement checks distributed. Head to the bank to deposit so that American Express bill can be paid.
11:00 a.m. Leave office to drive to far north Austin for Board meeting. Gobble down lunch (salad) with Board members, take minutes, and schmooze.
1:30 p.m. Shit shit shit! Board meeting runs late. Return to office downtown to drop off coworker and head to Westlake for appointment with therapist.
2:15 p.m. Reveal "epiphany" to therapist. Am soundly congratulated. Don't cry this time.
3:30 p.m. Return to office downtown. Useless to start any work because I have a meeting in a half-hour.
4:00 p.m. Meeting.
5:00 p.m. Call daycare to confirm that children were picked up by family member.
5:30 p.m. Head to north Austin for a committee meeting. Eat dinner at Zuzu's. Another salad--greens twice in one day! A record!
6:30-9:00 p.m. Committee meeting. Discover that I am required to research and report on a possible agency to be funded a week from today, including a site visit and interviews with previous volunteers.
9:15 p.m. Stop for a six-pack.
9:30 p.m. Arrive home. Discover that our much-loved, recently-moved pediatrician has called and given Pod a list of doctors in another city who might be able to solve the whole Wonder Boy/five times in the hospital in 2 years mystery. Sorry I missed him.
9:50 p.m. Blog.
Still to do: clean litter boxes, feed cats, clean out W.B.'s lunchbox, and wash dishes.
Quality time spent with kids? Zip. Quality time spent with husband? Zip. Right now, I just need sleep.
posted by Bookhart at
7:56 PM
4 Comments:
This sounds like quite a day. Don't know how you managed! But really wanted to congratulate you on your recent epiphany, which I just now caught up on. YOU GO GIRL!
By
vickie, at 2:26 PM
Yikes! What a day!
Ours started out on a poor foot when Annika came into our room at 1:15 spouting vomit. I cleaned up our room while Milena discovered and cleaned up the larger mess in Annnika's bed.
The whole ordeal was over for me by 1:45, though Milena stayed up to do some work stuff via computer as she knew she'd be staying home Wednesday. She did sick duty in the AM and I took the PM.
In the balance, once you get past the early morning house-turned-vomitorium, our Sept. 20th was much lighter than yours.
Soldier on, sister. See ya'll Saturday!
By
Clark, at 10:40 PM
Holy shit.
By
Badger, at 8:14 AM
How the hell do you ladies do this every day? It makes chemo look positively easy.
By
Jaye Joseph, at 9:11 PM
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