I haven’t had much time to post anything lately. This is “supposed” to be our SLOW time of the year. Normally, it would be cold outside and dh wouldn’t be working. However, it’s WARM and he is working which means I have to do all of the shuffling of kids to activities and there are a bunch of them…activities that is (LOL)!
Here is just an example of our week and they are pretty much all the same for the months of Jan-March.
MONDAY
4:30 – up, shower, get ready for the day
4:45 – wake up the kids that are going to town with me
5:10 – leave the house
5:50 – arrive in town for Em’s vb practice and I workout for an hour of her practice and nap in the car for the rest of her practice
8:00 – grab some breakfast
8:30 – stop at Walmart for co-op and lunch supplies
9:00 – co-op
3:00 – co-op ends
errands
5:00 – drop Josh off for his drum lesson and head to the other side of town for groceries
5:30 – Amanda gets off work and heads over to pick up Josh
6:30 – we all arrive home and have dinner
9:00 – sound asleep
TUESDAY:
6:30 – slept in since we are all tired from yesterday… up and exercise
– the rest of the day: school, cleaning, piano lessons, etc
7:00 – went to the office to work on bills, still have to finish quarterly reports, payroll, W4s, etc… got home around 10:00
10:00 – all asleep
WEDNESDAY:
4:30 – up and get ready to go
4:45 – wake up kids that are going to town with me
5:10 – leave the house
5:50 – Em has vb and I workout
8:00 – courthouse to get 8 vehicle registrations, insurance office, bank, etc.
10:00 – home and take a nap until lunch
afternoon – school work, cleaning, etc until time to head to town again to take Em to youth group
THURSDAY:
6:30 – slept in since we are worn out from yesterday
school work, cleaning, vacation planning, etc
5:00 – head to town
5:30 – meet Amanda to so she can take Nathan back home with her
5:50 – drop Em off for her art class
5:55 – meet Amanda at Applebee’s so I can sign the credit card slip
6:00 – pick up Josh from robots (his grandma dropped him off there at 5:00)
6:15 – drop Josh off at basketball
6:30 – go back and pick up my dinner at Applebees
6:40 – pick up SCUBA materials
6:50 – drop off SCUBA materials at a friend’s house
7:00 – pick up Josh from basketball
7:05 – drop off ski registration forms
7:10 – worship team practice
10:00 – get home and get ready for tomorrow
FRIDAY –
4:30 – UP and showered since we’ll be staying in town awhile tomorrow
4:45 – wake up Em and Josh
5:10 – leave for town
5:45 – drop Josh off at Robot club (yep.. you read that right… they are working on their robots at 6:00 after a pancake breakfast)
6:00 – Em at vb and I workout
8:00 – errands, paperwork in town, appts, shopping, etc. until Josh is done at noon
noon – we’ll have lunch and head home… probably sleep a few hours and then do our school work
SATURDAY –
8:00 – leave for synchro practice
9:00 – synchro then head back home
noon – head in for Josh’s basketball game which is over at 1:00
*find some place to take a nap
3:30 – have to be to practice early
5:00 – church
SUNDAY –
7:15 – leave for church
noon – head home except this week Nathan has a b-day party to go to…
get ready to start the week all over again…pretty much the same except in Feb add SKIing all day on Tuesdays and we’ll leave around 5:30 a.m…. and next week add SCUBA classes into the mix, but we won’t have worship team next week.
There you have it. For those that I’ve been slow in corresponding with now you know why…. just wait until Em’s games start and then see if I can even keep track of whether or not I’m coming or going (LOL)!
Seriously, I KNOW it looks bad when you write it all out like this… but it’s not *that* bad. I gave up on the PALM because it keeps telling me I can’t be in all of those places at the same time. VBG.
I don’t think I’ve even taken a single picture in the last week. I better get caught up on my Project 365!
Oh MY!!! Cindy, how are you able to get up so early in the morning? Are you a morning person? Excellent job on getting in some consistent work out times (still struggling with that myself). It definitely does sound like a busy schedule. What are VB lessons? Do your children mind getting up that early (see how I keep coming back to that – I am a night owl and can’t fathom getting up while it’s still dark. Ha!).
Kathy,
VB is volleyball. They do NOT like getting up this early, but it’s the only time our teams can get gym time to practice and most of the coaches are working parents who can only coach early in the a.m.
I’m a morning person when *I* dictate that I want to get up early… not when I HAVE to be somewhere. It’s a lot different to be a morning person snuggled up on the couch reading or sitting at my computer in my pj’s.
Cindy,
Wow! Nuf said! You are a BUSY Queen Bee, LOL!
You go, girl!
Blessings,
Lee
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http://www.TheHomeScholar.com
I was thinking the same thing! I complain about getting up at 6:15 AM! I can’t even fathom getting up at 4:30. As my ds would say – Are there two 4:30’s in the same day?
::snort:: and to think YOU are the one that told me I needed to find more margin in my life a few months ago. LOL I applaud your dedication to get Emily to VB…I don’t know that I could do that 4 a.m. with all the kids thing three times a week….you are super mom.
I’m with you Cindy….if it’s my CHOICE o.k. but if I HAVE to be out the door I hate early mornings. LOL How long will VB last? Is it a couple of months? Just keep telling yourself “it isn’t forever”…and remember the cruise! LOL
VB lasts until the end of March. I running in negative margin right now… but in my defense (LOL) I didn’t know it would be this way. NORMALLY, Tim has taken her in the past. However, this weather is NOT cooperating. We haven’t had any (well other than maybe a week) normal winter slow down yet this year. I’m sort of thinking we may go right from winter *un*slowdown to our normal work season…… if this weather keeps up.
Oh.. and about the other kids. I’ve never had to take Nathan because Amanda is home. Josh has only had to get up and go once and probably a few more times coming up, but that worked out for the best, really. I know it sounds bad.. but it sure beat having to go to town 2x in the same day.