This morning was extremely rushed – for some reason hubby and I both slept through the alarm and woke up to Twin Husky talking at 7:15. We had to hustle. But we promised both older kids that they could take showers this morning (badly needed) – we both jumped out of bed and started RUNNING.
- I woke up Big Bro and Red. I got their clothes ready in piles and got them ready for their showers. Big Bro would go in next after Hubby.
- I grabbed Twin Husky and Twin Crazy next. They were happy that it was morning and it was a new day.
- I corralled all kids into our bathroom (it is actually really big so we weren’t cramped at all).
- Big Bro jumped in shower. He does good in the shower by himself but needs some help with the “important parts”.
- I diapered the Twins. They were busy playing with brushes and pointing at things and saying “That!”
- Big Bro is out! Get dry and dressed! Mommy and Red are in!!!! The shower was like a revolving door this morning. The water never shut off. Hubby in and out, Big Bro in and out, Red/Mommy in and out. It was seriously crazy.
- Mommy and Red are in!!! Quick showers. She is so sweet. I had to be careful with her owie.
- We all got dressed quickly and then ran downstairs. Twins were already down with Hubby. Big Bro ate a bagel quickly. We packed an envelope of oatmeal for Red. Hubby packed me a bagel (THANK YOU)
- TIME TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Drop offs were very quick. Hubby and I are on the ferry now still decompressing. We had literally 45 minutes to get all four kids out today – and we were set behind because of two out-of-the-ordinary showers. I don’t know how we did it.
Today at work I will be focusing on the proposal. All day. I’m not looking forward to it that much but it will get done.
The sky is foggy, grey. Not that cold though which is nice. A lot of people are playing with their phones and iPads. I got some new gear for my iPad that I’m excited about and also BUSINESS CARDS for Mama In Motion. I’m going to start giving them out soon once I become brave enough. I will work on the recipe submission for today as well. I’ve received a lot of recipes from folks so thank you to all. Keep them coming. I have a backlog now so it may take a while for you to see your submission.
I’m going to get a coffee now!
Highlights of my Working Day:
- Answered some questions to potential members of a new forum we are creating
- Talked to the whitepaper client and she liked our work. She will arrange to come in our office in the next two weeks to talk about other work.
- Set up a meeting with a potential client for Monday afternoon. We gave him a proposal yesterday and he will visit us on-site on MOnday.
- Picked up some lunch to eat at my desk; while picking it up I stopped in my kids’ old day-care center. We miss it there so much. It was great to know that the kids were right downstairs in my office building — that I was close to them in case I needed to be. We loved that center and the people there. I even had an opportunity to hold a baby…. a TWIN that the Center Director had; she is 8 months old – I held her and I saw her brother sleeping. How sweet. I just can’t imagine working in a place where my kids were literally a few rooms away. I held that baby and something just clicked in me; that mothering sway and holding her and smelling her head. I just love it. How amazing. Thank you Mama J for the diversion today!!!
- Spent most of the day working on a HUGE proposal. It was actually a stressful day; I still had more that I would have liked to do but I had to run to the ferry. I can’t get back on-line until 8:30 PM tonight after the kids go to bed, so I handed off what I’ve done to two other team members, who will take it further. I’ll check email at 8:30 to see if there is something more I can do. We will then send the draft to the East Coast so our other Partner can pick it up and work on it further since he will be 3 hours ahead. We will likely have a team meeting in the AM to divide, conquer, and send out the final proposal.
- Made changes to the proposal during our end of day meeting and literally emailed it to the others as I was packing up – I have a ferry to catch!
So now I’m on the ferry. I tried to give out some business cards while folks were waiting in line but I got about 6 rejections in a row so I got discouraged and ran back to Hubby in line. I need to think about a better pitch than “Are you a working mom?”. Sooo lame.
I also have some flowers with me that a friend sent to me yesterday – they are absolutely stunning. Soooooo beautiful. Thank you so much Ted! You are a wonderful friend and so thoughtful!
It is still cold outside, but it’s a bit sunny. We are going camping this weekend on a trip organized by a parents of multiples club – so just imagine about 20 families going camping with all of these twins and triplets everywhere. We’re going to start packing tonight and we will hopefully leave a bit early tomorrow afternoon. I’m looking forward to the weekend.
Where are all the working mothers on this ferry??!??!?!??!
Dinner and Bedtime:
- Pick up for Big Bro was a bit sad; he was just sitting on the couch looking out of it. He claimed his stomach hurt but one of the teachers said there were some older kids playing a DS (??? what is that?) and she asked them to share with Big Bro but they ignored her. So he may just be sad/depressed and not really sick
- Pick up for Red/Twins was cute. They were going for a walk again. They all seemed happy.
- In the garage things got crazy. Twin Husky kept pushing the van button to open, close, open, close the van door. Then I went around to the other side and he was running away from me. He is such a boy.
- Inside things got progressively crazier. I set up Big Bro on the couch with a movie.
- Red requested socks. Don’t ask me why she took off her old socks with her shoes and why she needed a new pair.
- Twin Crazy was walking around with a rubber band which frightened me a bit.
- Twin Husky got lost. I heard him, but could not find him. I eventually found him in his room with the door closed. “Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyyyyy”. I had to go over to him and tickle and kiss him on the floor he was so cute.
- We’re doing an old standby for dinner – boxed mac n cheese and chicken nuggets. Hubby and I are going to order Indian Food for us.
- We talked about camping. Red asked if we will bring “SACKS” there. I said, “Socks, of course we can bring socks there.” “No mommy, not sacks, SACKS. Like graham crackers.” Ohhhhhhhhhh. Snacks. “Do I have lions in my ears again?” I applauded her for going out of her way to explain to me what she meant, instead of breaking down in tears like she usually does. She’s getting so much better at her conversations.
- For some reason we kept walking up and down the stairs – I don’t remember why. Red pointed out that we were both wearing white socks with grey toes. She has a thing for socks lately.
- Mother’s Helper was busy doing laundry and rearranging the closets.
- Daycare asked for more clothes for the twins so I packed stuff up for them for tomorrow and next week.
- Twin Crazy was walking around with a book. Someone (Hubby) eventually read it to her.
- All kids ate well at dinner, including Big Bro.
- Hubby started packing for the camping trip – all of our gear. We may need to get some flashlights because I have a feeling the little ones will be fighting over them. It would be good for each of us to have our own flashlight.
- Twins went down for bed
- Notary public came to the house for us to sign loan docs
- We rushed Red and Big Bro to bed
- Signed loan docs
- Ate Indian food
- Hubby is now continuing to pack; I wrote a list of clothes and food to pack tomorrow (I will work from home).
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