A Day In The Life...

I got this idea from a friend's Facebook post. ("Wouldn't it be fun to get a peek into what others do on any given day? Today, tell us what you did! All the details.") Here's mine from yesterday:

6:00 - Alarm goes off. Turn if off and decide to sleep until it's time to get Jordan up. Reset alarm for 6:45.

6:15 - Decide I won't be able to get back to sleep, and I really need to get some freelance work done. Drag myself out of bed and turn on the computer. Check email, start this blog entry and transcribe notes from interviewing the Nelson brothers (twin dentists) on their retirement from their dental practice.

6:50 - Go upstairs, wake up Jordan and tell him to get dressed. Continue transcribing notes.

7:10 - Make Jordan breakfast (oatmeal with cherries). Continue transcribing notes.

7:20 - Finish with dental interview notes. Reply to an email from the Banana Lady (a freelance client) and do a little freelance book-keeping.

7:30 - Supervise Jordan's final preparations for school and send him outside to wait for the bus. It's pouring but he insists on waiting outside rather than in the garage. I can't send him with an umbrella because the school considers them dangerous.

7:45 - Check Facebook, make tea, and get Sasha up when she starts yelling for me. Get her in her high chair and give her the rest of the oatmeal. Throw some hamburger soup together in the crock pot for supper since I've got to take Jordan to the dentist late this afternoon. Wash Sasha's hands and face. Start the dishwasher.

8:30 - Change Sasha's diaper and get her dressed (she insists on eating breakfast in her pj's every day now). Go through the whole list of shows that are on that she's allowed to watch, and start the recorded episode of Peep that she finally chooses. Clean up the kitchen. Read part of the Practicing Hospitality book I'm reading for an online book discussion group while drinking my tea and eating the leftover oatmeal. More Facebook.

9:00 - Go through the whole TV show selection thing again with Sasha, settling on a recorded episode of Veggie Tales in the end. Give her the "this is your last show for the morning" warning. Get dressed, brush teeth, use dental pick in lieu of floss, rinse with homemade calendula mouth rinse, comb and straighten hair in an effort to remove weird bumps caused by sleeping on damp hair. Spend several minutes trying to decide if getting a hair cut qualifies as a necessary expense with Justin facing lay-off in May. Check email and decide to reply to a few Facebook posts later and get some things done around the house now.

9:30 - Go through fridge, freezers and cupboards to see what food we have and what we need. Edit meal plan and grocery list file accordingly; print it out. Do laundry. Sasha helps until she gets bored, says "I done helping now" and goes off to play. Answer an email from Ann checking to make sure I made it home alright from the airport Sunday night. Skin and chop the frozen tomatoes (from last summer's garden) I got out this morning now that they are partially thawed and add them to the crock pot. Wash the knife and cutting board and leave them out to dry.

10:30 - Check Outlook To Do list. Fill a pitcher with water and set it out to warm up so I can change the water in the goldfish bowl later. Back up My Documents file to my flash drive.

10:45 - Heat up leftover Mexican casserole and open a can of pineapple for lunch. Put Sasha in her high chair, eat, and try to convince her to eat the casserole after she demolishes the pineapple.

11:00 - Hang another load of wet laundry up to dry, keep feeding Sasha, clean the kitchen.

11:30 - Get Sasha out, wash her up, clean the high chair, give her the "you have 5 minutes to poop and pee before I change your diaper warning".

11:40 - Finally give up and change the diaper, even though she hasn't pooped yet. Leave for work.

12:00 - Put Sasha down for her nap in my boss's bedroom. Work - processing orders, sending renewal reminders, going over the extra things I need to know how to do when my boss is on vacation for 3 weeks, answer emails, issue registration codes, deal with past due invoices, etc.

2:15 - Sasha wakes up. Go get her and pack up the pack-n-play. Go back down to finish backing up the files. Leave. Go to the grocery store.

3:10 - Get home, put away groceries, eat a quick snack and tell Jordan to brush his teeth when he finishes the snack Justin gave him.

4:00 - Drive to the dentist. Make Jordan's next 6 month appt. even though I have no idea if we'll have dental insurance in 6 months. Wait.

5:00 - Drive home. It's pouring and I can hardly see anything. Jordan goes on and on about the two prizes he got from the dentist.

5:30 - Shovel in a bowl of hamburger soup and some cheese and bread with butter. Make fruit smoothies for everyone. Make blender waffle batter and leave to sit out overnight (per the recipe which requires soaking the grains to remove the phytates, whatever those are).

6:15 - Drive to the library for my Healthy Moms meeting. It's raining even harder now. Check out a few books and then go to the meeting. This month's topic is juicing and sprouting. Drink fresh wheat grass juice, fresh orange/apple juice, homemade kombucha (a fermented tea), and two different kinds of Mona Vie while discussing various things and joking about doing "shots" at the library.

8:30 - Drive to Beth's house. Still raining. Hold baby Violet and talk.

10:00 - Drive home. Still pouring. Finish the Amanda Quick book I'm reading for the 10th time at least while eating cold bacon. Turn on HGTV and watch the end of some show while eating a piece of chocolate and half a piece of bread and butter.

10:35 - Wake up Justin (who is asleep on the couch). Set alarm for 6:45 even though I know I should set it for 6:00 to do some freelance work before the kids get up. Brush teeth and go to bed.