A day in my life

Ok, I read lots of blogs, a lot are feminist blogs and there was one post I was inspired to recreate for my self recently, http://zelophehadsdaughters.com/2009/12/09/a-day-in-my-life-a-few-years-ago/

So here goes, this is a typical weekday in my life as a Mormon mom who also works outside my home:

5:30-6am - Wake to Jaxon screaming and become eternally grateful for my wonderful husband for knowing I am NOT a morning person and close my eyes again while he gets out of bed and attends to Jax (change diaper, remove slightly soggy PJ’s and get bottle from fridge) then brings him to me for a little cuddle time while Jax drinks his bottle. GG gets ready for work.

About 15 minutes later - Jax scissor kicks someone in the bed and gets kicked out of the bed.

Around 6:30-7am – I either get out of bed or Izaiah gets out of bed and comes in to snuggle with me, or starts crying because he wet the bed and wants me to come get him. If I do get out of bed before Izaiah comes in he will start crying because he wanted to snuggle with me before I got out of bed. If I get up early enough I try to take a shower.

By 7am – I get out of bed if I have not gotten up already. This may be the part of my day that requires the most will power and resolve.

7am to 8am – I try to get myself ready while GG and I trade off getting the boys dressed. GG usually takes Jax to the sitter next door at 7:30am and someone sits Izaiah down with a bowl of cereal. I resume getting myself ready, trying to make my hair look presentable and trying to wipe off yesterdays mascara. GG leaves shortly after for work. I go to check on Izaiah, he is usually done with his cereal by now. Then I get to play “Get Izaiah dressed for school” wherein I tell him about 50 times what I want him to do and usually just do it myself. Return to getting myself looking like a grown-up for work. Izaiah likes to help me get dressed sometimes, I let him decide which shirt, or shoes, or jewelry, or whatever and I get dressed based on that. He really seems to like this activity.
I make Izaiah’s lunch (unless I remembered to ask GG to make it) before we run out the door, hopefully before 8:15 so he will not be late for school.

Sometime before 8:30am (hopefully) – Drop off Izaiah at school, make small talk with the teachers, then sit in my car and breathe for a few moments before heading off to work.

9am – Arrive at work. I spend my day doing the following tasks, writing monthly reports, filing, writing treatment plans, filing, making phone calls, filing, returning phone calls, filing, faxing, talking to my co-workers, eating lunch, writing more reports, staffing with my supervisor, correcting treatment plans, answering e-mails, talking to foster parents, filing.
That is if I am not: driving around doing visits, sitting in the weekly staff meeting, attending an ARD meeting, or attending a training.

2:30 - 3:30pm- Leave work; (or wherever I am) pick up Izaiah from school. That is unless it’s GG’s day, or Mel’s day, or Tia Cat’s day. After I pick up Izaiah we either go home or make a quick home visit to one of my foster parents who lives close by.

4:30-5pm – Get home. (if I am visiting my foster parents in McKinney I don’t usually get home until 7pm) Try to Relax. Eat a snack. GG gets home sometime before 5:30 and starts making dinner. Tia Cat usually comes over when we spend the evening at home.

5:30pm – Collect Jax from the sitter next door. Jaxon and Izaiah run around the house playing while cartoons are playing. Usually they play for about 10 minutes before one of them starts crying. I change out of my adult clothes and put on my Mommy clothes while GG makes dinner.

6-7pm – Eat dinner. I try to do the dishes after dinner while Jax opens and closes the dishwasher. GG and Tia Cat volley the boys back and forth while Yo Gabba Gabba is playing on TV.

7-9pm – I spend the rest of the evening doing some of the following activities: watching TV, playing with the boys, picking up the house, talking to GG and Tia Cat, doing laundry. Telling the boys to: stop jumping off and on the couch, stop fighting, comforting them when they cry because they were fighting, go to your room, please stop whining, and give the toy back to your brother. I give the boys a bath (Tia Cat does this if she is over). Sometimes I circumvent these activities and Tia Cat and I will go to Target if we are not both broke (which is most of the time).

9pm – The boys go to bed. Izaiah does whatever he can to keep me talking in his room, but usually pretty good about going to bed. Usually Jaxon shreiks until 9:30, and sometimes until 10pm.

9:30 – midnight – I spend the rest of my evening finishing up earlier household tasks, doing dishes, laundry, picking up and washing and wiping surfaces. I plop down on the couch and watch TV while doing homework, or surfing the web, or get out my jewelry stuff, or knit while watching TV.

Midnight - Go to bed. Hello bed, Hello GG. GG and I look pretty funny checking our e-mail and Facebook, and Twitter while lying in bed. I usually lie awake until around 1am thinking about stuff or reading blogs on my phone until I can’t keep my eyes open anymore.

This is a typical day if I end up spending the evening at home (about 3 nights a week). I spend 1-2 nights a week at Mel’s house, one night a week at scouts, and sometimes I don’t get home until 7 or 8pm. I reserve Saturday and Sunday for washing and vacuuming the floors, doing more laundry, cleaning the bathrooms, and cleaning the boy’s rooms. That is after and in-between the usual weekend activities.