Do I have time for a blog?
So here I am getting ready to do what I said I would....start a blog in my journey towards writing a book! So, I ask myself "Do I have time to blog or write a book?" Here is a rundown of my day!
2:30am: Finally fall asleep!
6:10am: Wake up when Tim goes to PT, then doze off and on for the next 2 1/2 hours because everytime I start to fall asleep my own snoring wakes me up!
8:40am: Realize I am not going to get any kind of quality sleep as my 15 year old daughter comes in and says "I've done all my school work, I changed one of the babies diapers and I'm off to go work-out at the neighbors.....wow, I'm so proud! Crap!....now that means I have to get up and be productive! You know lead by example, blah blah blah...
9:00am: Get up and get on the stationary bike(that I made Tim get all his stuff off of last night so I could use it for more than a place to hang clothes)and exercise for 25 minutes.....ok not the hour my daughter did, but she is 15 n I am 39 n have had 13 kids n according to the doctors I am morbidly obese....morbidly obese?.....grrrr, ok we will discuss that at another time! My point being I obviously can not do the insanity work-out she is doing....yet!
9:30am: Take a quick shower before Jessica comes home and uses all the hot water! Oh n pick what needs the most attention....shave my legs, or wash my hair....hmmm I did wash my hair yesterday and the last time the forest on my legs saw a razor was about 7 days ago....ding ding ding ding, legs it is!
10:00am: Make sure everyone has been logged into their computers to do school work and do shapes and writing with Jaben and Joel.
11:00am: Try to start this blog, change bandage on Jedi my 8 month olds fingers, chase Jasper n Juji out of my room for the 3rd time! Get onto my 20yr old son Josh who has decided on his second day off to sit in his room and play video games and watch a movie(but he apparently has no time to clean his room!). Is it his day off? Yes! Would it make his mother happy if he did something more productive? Yes! Of course maybe I'm just a little envious that I don't have the choice to waste away my day!
12:00pm: while I am getting my first bathroom break my kids are knocking on the door asking if they can have chips with their sandwiches for lunch. Oh yeah lunch....this is when teaching the kids how to do things comes in handy. They can make their own lunch! This is nice since about the time I get out of the bathroom the baby needs to be fed and while lunch is being made I sit and do science with my kinder, 3rd and 4th grader.
1:00pm: Make sure little ones go down for a nap.....(ok so it sounds good but doesn't always work and it's now 4pm and they never did take a nap!) Give all my older and middle kids a test in grammar, try to keep them focused as they help grade each others papers.
3:00pm: Disscuss and regrade their papers while my 20 year old interrupts us to tell us about the car he thinks he should buy!....He gets mad because I tell him his need to tell me this is not more important than my current discussion with his siblings and he needs to wait! I imagine at 20 I thought everything I had to say was more important than everyone else's conversations too! Ha ha ha now they have no choice but to listen to what I have to say...I'm the mom!
4:00pm: Have the car discussion with Josh, get the rest to do the next lesson in grammar, give into the fact that the babies are not going to nap(especially since Josh is now practicing his guitar in the garage) oh and suddenly realize I have not eaten today yet, but I did drink five 8oz bottles of water so far! I know this one has been long but I just needed to break it down and get it out there! I am only through half a day but I think this gives a pretty good picture of one of my calmer days! Thanks for reading!
You are the most awesome lady ever!!! =D
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