Today is a bit unusual since Red woke up in the middle of the night and Hubby went downstairs to sleep. So, I woke up early and handled most of the morning routine with the kids – like I used to do before I “hit the wall”:
Highlights of the Morning and Commute:
- I woke up first and ran to the shower; I got showered and dressed within 10 min
- Ran downstairs and then did the following while all kids were still upstairs sleeping / in their beds: packed Big Bro’s lunch, got breakfast ready for Twins (blueberries, cherries, pears, raisins), got Big Bro’s bagel ready in the toaster, got Red’s oatmeal ready in the bowl, gathered everyone’s’ jackets and shoes in the daycare bag and put everything by the garage door. All of this time I was running, running, running through the kitchen… best to get everything set up before ANY of the kids come down, otherwise you have to stop in your tracks for any little distraction
- put a cup of water in the microwave so I could make instant coffee, I am feeling very slow from Glam night – drank too much; I drink water, take Advil and hope the coffee kicks in soon.
- went up stairs and got both twins up. Decided to diaper them in their room since it is easier and faster with a captive audience. They did great. Laying down on different blankets each having their own turn
- Gathered clothes for Big Bro and Red and then we all came downstairs
- everyone ate well, with few issues/fights. Note; there were lots of leftover pears that were not a huge hit a “glam night” – so this AM everyone went nuts over the leftover pear slices
- there was a small fight with Red and Big Bro over seats, but that quickly got solved when I brought out vitamins for later.
- When I was gathering shoes, Twin Husky ran into the garage and then got extremely pissed when I tried to bring him back – I thick he was looking for the climbing structure. He threw himself down in a fit. “I know you want to go in the garage and play. I know, You want to go in the there NOW. But the slide is in here honey…. look… there’s the slide“. And then he ran off happily.
- Gathered everyone in the car — no issues. We were running very late since we got a late start but all kids were cooperating which was a blessing for us this AM.
- Drop off with Twins and Red went fine.
- Big Bro drop off went fine. I asked him if it was OK for us to spend some time together tonight since I didn’t have a lot of time with him last night. He said Yes. I got a hug from him and then he decided to come back for another one. I love him so much it hurts.
It is gray, and cold. I am a bit slow today from Glam night. I met some great people and am glad that I went. I will need to get my ass in gear though for work today. Today I will need to:
- work on proposal from yesterday
- participate in client business Development call for a proposal that we will be writing soon
- develop the go to market materials for the firm initiative; it has to be done TODAY or else I’m dropping the ball.
Highlights of my Working Day:
- Had the business develop call with the potential client; the project is much bigger than I originally anticipated. We will start eth proposal next week
- found out that the client for our last project that just ended is requesting me/partner to present the recommendations to a much larger audience – they are going to pay extra for this since they want us there in person. This was very flattering for me and I’m actually looking forward to the trip — will require a day trip via plane but that will work just fine.
I met a very close friend from High School after work and had an amazing time. I literally have not seen this person in close to 20 years and it was great to see him again. Reconnecting with people after so much time passes really blows my mind. It is like living a different life – but then going full circle and going back in time. He is the same – a bit older, but still the same smile, same gleam in his eye, and it was wonderful to get together with him.
I am definitely impaired while I write this (I’m on ferry to home now) and hope that Hubby takes the lead during the pick ups for the kids!!!! He brought me sunflowers tonight and I was so surprised. So beautiful. And so sweet of him. I feel like a very lucky woman right now.
Dinner and Bedtime:
- Pick ups were great
- got home and hubby started to make pizza; I played with twins; they had fun on the slide
- Big Bro and Red helped to make dinner — they rolled out dough and made their own little pizzas
- dinner was fabulous. I was spinning – I drank too much at “happy hour”
- Big Bro played Red Birds after dinner (looks like we didn’t do the puzzle)
- I went to get mail with Red and Twins. Twins made a break for it and ran down the sidewalk a few houses away. They were both laughing their butts off while I was trying to be firm with them (but then smiling when they weren’t looking and laughing inside)
- I tickled the Twins for a long time
- then bedtime! Whew!!! I’m tired
BY THE WAY — NO MOTHER’S HELPER AGAIN TONIGHT. WE ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. AND TIRED. I hope she shows up tomorrow night or else we may have to go somewhere over the weekend to escape the crud. 🙂
Today was an excellent day. I’m going to drink some water now.
Until tomorrow –
– Mama K
Mama In Motion™ 
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