A Day In My Shoes…

I had a good laugh reading this old post.  I bring you a day in my shoes from March of 2012.

A Day In My Shoes

I have had a few emails asking what a day in my life. You'll be amazed I get anything done after reading this.  This is a typical Wednesday when Frank's at work…

• 6 am – Get up, meditate, do my 7-minute workout, get organized for the day, start coffee!  I end up checking emails from bed. This usually results in an issue I need to deal with and my day starts off in chaos. A habit I'm trying to break.
• 6:30 – Dustin comes strolling out of his room or screaming for “Daddy”. I go in there to a disappointed toddler who only wants his Dad.
• 6:50 – I try to throw on some clothes between getting Dustin some breakfast, making Cheyenne's lunch, and getting her backpack ready for the day
• 7 – Time to get Cheyenne up!  We then try to follow her morning routine which usually includes about 50 reminders from me and the good old, “If you don't hurry up you're gonna be late”
• 7:45 wrestle Dustin to get him dressed and do Cheyenne's hair for her after fighting for 15 minutes on what she is going to wear
• 8 – walk to school!  After I get Dustin buckled into his stroller we're off – round trip is about 20 minutes
• 8:30 – Dustin is hungry again!
• 9-10 – follow up on emails and make sure I have all my work priorities set for the day and I'm not going to miss out on anything – payroll, weekly paperwork, order, bills, bookkeeping, staff, events coming up in town, returning phone calls – usually the list is longer than I have time for in an hour but I cram as much as I can in.  If I find the time I check specials at stores and order new coupons.
• 10-11 – Exercise!!  Doesn't normally take the whole hour but by the time I get Dustin set up and happy it's pretty close.  Chug some water, have a shake, and wait for Dustin to nap.
• 11:30 – usually Dust is asleep by now so I have a quick shower and get ready to tackle some work.  But first, dinner!  Can't forget about that.  I usually throw something in the slow cooker, and that takes care of it, today it's tortilla soup.
• 1:30 pm – Dustin is usually up so no more work, on a good day I'll throw him in the stroller with a  snack and we'll walk to the mailbox and then head over to pick up Cheyenne at school
• 2:45 – home finally depending on how many fights we get into after school sometimes we stay longer and they enjoy the playground or we are super pokey on the way home and I end up piggybacking Chey and pushing the stroller
• 3 – snack time!  Momma empties backpack, usually to find spilled chocolate milk so ends up washing the backpack
• 3:30-5 – usually free time but that doesn't always involve me having free time, usually Dustin is bugging Cheyenne or he's getting in the way.  Can't wait until its nice out and they can play outside in the backyard.
• 5 – Dinner!  We sit down like a semi-normal family and have dinner together, talking about our days and what we did to fill someone's bucket today
• 5:30 – I clean up the kitchen and get the dishwasher going then we usually play a game together
• 6:30 – Bath time!
• 7 – PJ's on and we read some books
• 7:30 – Chey and Dust usually watch a show together and start settling down while I do the 5-minute tidy in the house
• 8 – BEDTIME!!!  Finally, I am going to get some quiet if all goes well. Which it doesn't, Dustin decides to stay up until Frank gets home around 8:45.
• 8:15 – if all goes well time to do payroll, weekly reports, send in my weekly sales, and  finish off the week
• 9:30 – if all went smoothly with Dustin going down and the paperwork – now I have some me time 🙂 which usually consists of sitting and staring at the wall to get some sanity back.  If I'm lucky I  watch some mindless tv, read a bit of a book, or just sit and relax.

So there it is in a nutshell, I feel like I am constantly on the go. Not to mention the text messages I get from staff that you just want to answer “DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN” but then tend to go for the nicer response of “that probably isn't a good idea, how about this“.  Don't forget about the poopy diapers, doing laundry, keeping the floors clean, bathrooms, and the house in general.  I didn't add in the moments when I think I have lost all sanity and just want to scream!

Luckily with the month of meditation, I can remind myself that I can choose my reaction in any given moment.  Which isn't always the case but I'm trying!