Just a Day in my Life....

My days seem to be a mayhem of running my 3 children to their 3 different schools, running errands, running my household, simply running...

So this day could really be just any day in my life. I drove carpool this morning for my dear friend who just had her 4th child 3 weeks ago... My normal carpool is afternoons every other week - as I don't typically drive morning carpool anymore - this is new - picking up all 4 kids and getting them safely to school - all before 7:50 a.m. and before my coffee is done brewing! I got home in time to see my oldest child get on the bus. I sat down with a cup of coffee and watched a little of the news - checked my email. Got changed and worked out. Took a shower, ate lunch. Then errands, errands, errands. Picked Jake up at school to take him to the orthopedic surgeon -where we spent 2 hours discovering his foot and ankle are both sprained - but alas, not broken - but he gets to sport a big black airboot for at least the next 3 weeks and NO basketball and no PE! Then after leaving there - went to pick up Brenna from my friend's house (the one with the new baby - so of course, I had to kiss and love on the baby a bit) - then Allison needed something to eat since she had cross country practice after school, followed by play rehearsal - and she won't be home until 7:30 pm - so it was off to pick her up some food - drop it off at her school and then return home to make dinner. Pulled into the driveway at 5:30 - and it is game on!! (Was it ever "off"??) - fortunately I actually had a dinner plan - so pork ribs, homemade mac and cheese, baked beans, green beans and salad hit the table at 6:00 when Richard walks through the door. Clean up from dinner, take out the trash, wash dishes, check homework, sort mail, and here I am - thinking of the laundry that needs to be started, the gas I need in my Volvo (in order to drive carpool tomorrow moring) the daughter that needs picking up at school in a few minutes, the dog that is barking, the baths and showers that need to be taken, the relaxing and loving up on my husband that I would like to do.... alas that is just a day in this thing called my life - and I really wouldn't have it any other way! (well, most of the time anyway!)