Here's how the morning went

Well first let me give a bit of background information. Tayson had to have his book report turned in on the 27th. So on the 26th he finished reading his book (Diary of a Wimpy Kid II) and wanted to do a video scene from the book (his teacher is so much fun). So Meggan helped him figure out what to do and he, Luke and Claire made a video of the talent show (you can watch it here). After I put the kids to bed I was going to burn it to a DVD for him to take to school the next morning. This took 4 DVD's (2 of which I had to borrow from Steve) to get it so the kids didn't sound like Chipmunks. It caused lots of extra stress (yes I did smack my laptop at one point) but it was finally done so I put it out on the counter so I wouldn't forget in the craziness of the morning.

Back to how the morning went.....

So I had to teach spin then I knew I had an 8:00 am conference call with our marketing staff in Europe so I was very rushed to get ready. I kept thinking to myself...somethings gotta give either work, kids or beauty at this point because I didn't know how it was all going to happen. Somehow I managed to get ready by about 7:50 and hurried to get the kids breakfast. I poured the cereal, we said prayers and even got a few minutes of scriptures in. Then it was 8:00 and today of all days I had to lead the call. Usually I get on and listen while I'm doing things and when it's my turn to do my update walk in another room for 2-5 minutes. Not today I had to talk 90% of the time. So I'm talking, pointing at the kids what to do, giving them dirty looks to tell them when they weren't doing what they should be, unloading the dishwasher, etc. All the while frantically searching for the DVD which I somehow managed to lose. Let's not forget Sophie running around naked saying "poopy" so I kept trying to get her to sit on the potty and even muted my phone at one point and asked Claire to take her to the potty. Nice. I still can't find the DVD and it's 8:08 (they are supposed to leave for the bus at 8:05) so I hurry and write a note to his teacher that he did it and I lost it and will bring it in later then rush the boys out the door telling them to run to the bus. I finished my call around 8:20 and call my dad to see if he has any DVD-R's since I used all of the ones in my house last night and really don't want to go to Wal-Mart. Luckily he did and he was on his way out anyway so he dropped it by. He walked in to see me holding naked Sophie on my hip, with make up and hair done but still in my bathrobe and says "do you need help?". Not much he could do at that point besides what he had already done to help. Thanks dad that DVD saved me A LOT of time. So I set up my laptop to burn another copy and go to get dressed. I had to fight Sophie off the laptop 4 times during the burning process. Then about 30 seconds before the DVD finishes Claire walks in the room holding the other DVD and says "I found it in my room". What???? How did it get in there? She blamed Sophie - but I'm pretty sure that the night before when she was up during one of her nightly walks around the house before she decided she was finally tired enough to go to sleep she picked it up. Once I finished getting ready and Meggan got there at 8:30 I ran the DVD to Tayson's class and then off to work. Quite a morning. Thank goodness most mornings aren't like that.

I posted something on Facebook about how overwhelmed I felt while I was driving to work (yes I facebooked while driving....SOOOOOO bad!) That night one of my awesome neighbors made me dinner to help with the stress. It was so awesome. I was back to normal by the time I got home from work that day and could have done it. But it was so nice to not have to rush through making dinner for the kids. We just sat down together and enjoyed a few minutes of family time.

You've got to be kidding

Today was quite a day. It was so bad it's simply laughable. I've been working a huge project at work for the past few months. We completely redesigned our US website and it has been quite an undertaking. I've had to work long hours late into the night for the past few weeks. Then Todd got a new job and is in California for training. He'll spend 2 days at home over a 3 week period (only 8 more days until he's home). On top of the website redesign this week is our global convention at work and since we're celebrating 25 years it has been huge and there have been lots and lots of extra projects.

So Today was the big launch at 10:00 am. At 8:20 this morning Claire threw up. She begged me to stay home with her today but that was just impossible. Meggan said it was quite a day and she was sick all day. Around 3:30 pm I noticed my right hand was achy and that my arm was red and swollen where my burn is (I burned my arm on the minivan exhaust last Saturday reaching under the car for a run away tissue). I called the doctor's office and hurried over there to find out that I have cellulitis.

The best part is that for 10 years I've been making fun of Todd since he's had it 4 times. Twice since we've been married. I'd never even heard of cellulitis until I met him and he was actually hospitalized for it when he was a kid. When the doctor told me what it was I just laughed. When I explained to him that I deserved to have this because of all my teasing he laughed along with me.

It has been quite a rollercoaster of events in the house. I guess when it rains it pours. At least I know that it's raining blessings on me too.

It all started last night...

10:00 - all done with my stretches, scriptures, prayers, face washed, teeth brushed and in bed....whew getting ready for bed is quite the job

10:45 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her and go back to bed

11:00 - put her binky back in....and again.....and rock her until 11:30

2:30 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her again this time she goes right back to sleep

4:57 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her AGAIN!

5:13 - back in bed

5:20 - alarm goes off for spin (too bad I can't skip my workout today...but when you're the teacher you have to go)

7:00 - that was a good workout!

7:20 - home from the gym...get clothes for the boys to wear....supervise the making of 2 beds....scriptures....family prayers.....email a few things for work...unload dishwasher....load breakfast dishes (dang the garbage disposal is broken - thanks Todd for fixing it so fast!)

8:00 - conference call with Europe

8:45 - shower and makeup

9:10- feed sophie breakfast....dress claire....dress sophie

9:30 - fix hair

9:45 - nurse sophie and put her down for her morning nap (man I could use one of those right about now)

10:00 - take out 2 bags of trash...scrape car windows and off to work

10:20 - scarf down some breakfast (finally) while reviewing mock-ups for a project with 2 people on the team

11:00 - meetings, emails and more work

12:30 - lunch at last! drop off dry cleaning....put air in the tire (it's really flat and i have to wait for 10 minutes for the scoob in front of me to check and re-check his tires 10 times)....pick up supplies for Young Women's New Beginnings tomorrow....grab some drive-thru and head back to work

1:30 - pump (mooooo....I love being a working mom) while checking emails on my phone

1:45 - work....work.....work.....email.....work.....conf calls....work

3:30 - give away tickets to the Jazz game tonight because I'm already too tired to think about going

5:15 - home from work. My house is spic-n-span clean, dinner is in the oven, homework is done and the kids are playing downstairs (thank you sooooo much Amy!!!)

6:00 - fold wash.....bathe 4 kids....supervise the boys putting away their wash

7:00 - nurse Sophie and put her to bed while Todd reads with the boys

7:30 - work on my talk for YW tomorrow night....blog and relax while the kids watch a movie before bed.....next stop BED!!!

OK I am done complaining but I needed to vent and get it all off my chest - hopefully tomorrow will be a less exciting day!

**most days are not like this thank goodness**