and then

Yesterday I did not leave the house once. I spend the entire day feeding and snuggling a sweet (albeit cranky) baby. Today was a tad different.

6:30am wake-up call
Feed Preston
Wake Noah
Make muffins
Have shower
Drive Noah to work
Go back home
Get kids ready for the day
Feed Preston
Drive Kaylie to school
Sign Kaylie up for gymnastics
Drop Noah’s phone off with him
Go back home
Try twice to print forms I need
Fail twice
Feed Preston
Pick up Noah for meeting
Drop younger kids with inlaws
Go to meeting
Pick up younger kids
Drop Noah back off at work
Get gas
Pick Kaylie up from school
Feed Preston
Get a couple groceries
Pick up Noah
Get McD’s drive-thru
Go home for 1/2 hour
Feed Preston
Pick up Kaylie’s friend
Drop Noah, Kaylie, and K’s friend at the church for kids’ club
Sign Liliana up for ballet
HAVE LILIANA YELL AND SCREAM AT ME BECAUSE I WON’T LET HER RUN INTO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MILE-LONG BALLET SIGN-UP LINE AND WHY CAN’T SHE DANCE AND WHY ARE WE JUST SIGNING HER UP BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO DANCE NOW AND WHY WON’T I LET HER PLAY WITH HER FRIEND BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO RUN AND DANCE AND RUN INTO PEOPLE AND I WON’T LET HER DO ANYTHING AND ALL THIS WHILE THE LADY WITH NO TEETH IS TRYING TO TELL ME ABOUT HER TWO-WEEK VACATION SHE IS ABOUT TO GO ON UP NORTH IN AN FOUR-SEATER AIRPLANE AND DID I KNOW THAT HER DAUGHTER HAS NEVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE BEFORE AND THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO MISS THE FIRST BALLET CLASS AND LILIANA IS STILL SCREAMING AND YELLING AND ALL WITH THE SCREAMING AND YELLING MAKE IT STOP!
Feed Preston
Pick up the trifecta of church people
Drop Kaylie’s friend off
Stop at Safeway to get saline
Go home
Get the kids a bedtime snack
Feed Preston
9:15pm all the kids go to bed
11:00pm my brain finally starts to unwind from the day

Fall, you hit hard and fast, don’t you?

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