***************Thursday, January 30, 2020**************
Brent is 39 {40 is in a little more than 3 months!}
Allena is 39 {but significantly younger}
Trent is 10 1/2
Drew is 7
Paige is 3
11:30 PM - The night before...Paige is coughing a lot and I can hear her while I watch Cheer and get the gel polish off my nails. I did it for the first time a few weeks ago, and I'll NEVER do it again ha. She gets up because of her cough, so I give her some more cough medicine and put her back in her bed, and I start this post.
11:45 PM - I worked for a little bit cleaning out my Inbox which is a neverending project. I think she's asleep so I sneak out to finish the last 2 minutes of Cheer and get ready for bed!
12:00 AM - I'm still awake! Happy DiTL Day!
12:02 AM - I go into our room to get ready for bed. Hi Brent! He's asleep with the lights and TV on, ha.
12:10 AM - Get into bed to read for a little bit. I have so many good books coming in from the library right now, so I'm stressed to get them all read before they are due.
12:30 AM - Goodnight!
3:30 AM - Our little friend came in, we snuggled for a bit, and I got her on her pallet.
6:30 AM - Alarm goes off! Hello Paige! I'm sorry but seeing her asleep sucking her thumb is just the cutest thing in the world. And I plan to let her suck her thumb as long as she wants to, so don't start getting onto me about it. {grin} I go into our bathroom and get myself ready {wash face, put in contacts, brush teeth, fix hair a little} and head to the kitchen to make breakfast.
6:45 AM - Paige wakes up and comes into the kitchen. Sometimes she follows me into the bathroom or kitchen and sometimes she stays asleep, and I have to wake her up.
Texting with another mom about Drew's dying bamboo. I noticed a few weeks ago that it was turning brown {Drew got it from her kindergarten teacher as a graduation present.}, and I'm trying to resurrect it. Trent put a bunch of dirt in the container last night, but I clean that out and use DISTILLED water instead of tap water, hoping this helps! [4 days later...it looks the same, eek.]
6:50 AM - Go to wake-up Trent and Drew. Find Drew's bed empty [HUH?] and realize she must have also come into our room last night. She is super quiet and knows to just get on the couch and go back to sleep. I remind myself regularly that she used to be like Paige, so eventually Paige will get sorted out...I hope!
7:05 AM - Finally have everybody in the kitchen and eating breakfast!
7:10 AM - We check the weather for outfit selection. Going to be chilly today! Give Paige outfit choices {this has really eliminated fights over clothes} and everyone gets dressed.
7:25 AM - Not sure why Paige wanted to climb on Drew's bed, but she got up there and under a blanket and was 'reading'. Trent got up there with her too, and Drew was NOT happy!
7:30 AM - This one is my slow mover in the morning, but luckily he has the least to do. He loves to read while he eats breakfast which makes him take even LLOONNGGEERR.
7:40 AM - And we're off!
Song game ensues - whoever calls 'First song' gets to choose and we do a round-robin. Trent went first today, followed by Drew, and then Paige {who is always last as she gets solo time in the car after the big 2 are dropped off}.
7:50 AM - Drop off Trent and Drew.
8:05 AM - Get to Paige's school. The line is short today, and we still need to put on shoes, jacket and gloves.
8:15 AM - Headed home! Listen to Dragonfly in Amber on the way until Susie calls. We talk during our respective drives home after dropping off kids.
8:30 AM - Stop at Starbucks for a Chai.
8:45 AM - I'm home and set-up working. I have a meeting at 9:00 where I'm presenting, so I need to go over my spreadsheet.
9:00 AM - Conference call begins. I'm REAL irritated because we have had low participation on this call, and I have been saying for about a month that this format isn't working. I talk to 2 of the leaders for this call, and they agree with me and promise we'll get it revamped before next week.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Continue to work. At 10:30 I put on a little make-up because I have to go to the dentist. One of my crowns came off the day before, and even though I got it put back on, it needs to be re-cemented.
11:00 AM - Looking so pretty with my dentist bib.
I took a picture of my tooth nubbin, but I figured I wouldn't gross everyone out in my DiTL post, ha. You're welcome.
11:30 AM - I'm done! Bye Roup Dental!
11:45 AM - Stop to get gas as I know I'll be on the road a lot the next couple of days. Find my [expired] passport that I need to renew for our upcoming trip!
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM - More work! Conference calls, spreadsheets, you know, just a normal day.
2:30 PM - Time to go get the kidlets. My 1:00 PM call needed to be moved to 2:30, so I have to multi-task with getting the kids AND talking to my team and 2 partners.
Went through a bad spell here of forgetting to take pictures, oops! But here's how our afternoon roughly went down.
2:45 PM - Pick-up Trent and Drew. I've had to switch my order to get the big 2 first {and I now walk into the school} because Trent's teacher noticed he was having a harder time regulating his emotions during dismissal. Shush the kids for this call.
3:05 PM - Get Paige. She is TICKED because I didn't bring any snacks. I told the kids no more snacks in the car because they are destroying it. One of my partners also has a 3-year-old so she's laughing at how familiar she sounds in the car.
3:20 PM - Arrive home! Switch to taking the call on my laptop and let the kids have some screen time.
3:30 PM - Call ends. I continue to work and the kids watch devices.
4:30 PM - Tell everyone to turn off, Trent has a showcase in his classroom tonight - this means we go up to his class and he gets to show us what he's working on. Drew's was Tuesday. The downside is Brent is working late tonight, so he doesn't make it, boo.
5:00 PM - Leave to head back to T and D's school.
5:15 PM - We are in T's classroom. He was SO excited to show me his lessons. He was annoyed on Tuesday having to go for Drew's showcase, but it was so cute seeing how happy he was in his class!
Oops, another spell with no picture taking! Trent was excited to show off his work, but once he was done, he wanted to play outside. All 3 kids went outside and ran around for a little bit, and I stayed in the hall and talked to Trent's principal about how good January went for him, yay!
6:00 PM - Head home! I had texted with Brent a little while in the hall, and he was picking up dinner for him and the kids since I hadn't made anything AND was going to be leaving at soon as I got home.
6:15 PM - We get home, and I promptly kiss Brent and tell all the kids goodbye! Head up to our local movie theater to meet Allison for 1917.
6:30 PM - Meet Allison. We get tickets, get food, chat.
6:45 PM - Movie starts.
8:45 PM - Movie ends. I'm a basketcase at this point! BUT I remember as we are walking outside I need a picture for this post.
9:05 PM - I get home and decide I want to finish Cheer - I need something light - and my nails feel so icky after taking the gel off the night before, so I decide to paint them. Paige comes out of her room {this is early for her}, so I walk her back to her room and sit in her room while she falls back asleep.
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Finish up Cheer and my nails!
11:00 PM - Get ready for bed.
11:15 PM - Read until my eyes close. I think it was maybe 30 minutes? Good night!
I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I like to in a DiTL post, but I'm glad to have my first one of 2020 under my belt.
12:00 AM - I'm still awake! Happy DiTL Day!
12:02 AM - I go into our room to get ready for bed. Hi Brent! He's asleep with the lights and TV on, ha.
12:10 AM - Get into bed to read for a little bit. I have so many good books coming in from the library right now, so I'm stressed to get them all read before they are due.
12:30 AM - Goodnight!
3:30 AM - Our little friend came in, we snuggled for a bit, and I got her on her pallet.
6:30 AM - Alarm goes off! Hello Paige! I'm sorry but seeing her asleep sucking her thumb is just the cutest thing in the world. And I plan to let her suck her thumb as long as she wants to, so don't start getting onto me about it. {grin} I go into our bathroom and get myself ready {wash face, put in contacts, brush teeth, fix hair a little} and head to the kitchen to make breakfast.
6:45 AM - Paige wakes up and comes into the kitchen. Sometimes she follows me into the bathroom or kitchen and sometimes she stays asleep, and I have to wake her up.
She didn't want to look at me, but I got a little smile!
Texting with another mom about Drew's dying bamboo. I noticed a few weeks ago that it was turning brown {Drew got it from her kindergarten teacher as a graduation present.}, and I'm trying to resurrect it. Trent put a bunch of dirt in the container last night, but I clean that out and use DISTILLED water instead of tap water, hoping this helps! [4 days later...it looks the same, eek.]
6:50 AM - Go to wake-up Trent and Drew. Find Drew's bed empty [HUH?] and realize she must have also come into our room last night. She is super quiet and knows to just get on the couch and go back to sleep. I remind myself regularly that she used to be like Paige, so eventually Paige will get sorted out...I hope!
Paige climbed up to give Bubba a hug! #dead
There's Drew!
7:10 AM - We check the weather for outfit selection. Going to be chilly today! Give Paige outfit choices {this has really eliminated fights over clothes} and everyone gets dressed.
7:25 AM - Not sure why Paige wanted to climb on Drew's bed, but she got up there and under a blanket and was 'reading'. Trent got up there with her too, and Drew was NOT happy!
7:30 AM - This one is my slow mover in the morning, but luckily he has the least to do. He loves to read while he eats breakfast which makes him take even LLOONNGGEERR.
7:40 AM - And we're off!
Song game ensues - whoever calls 'First song' gets to choose and we do a round-robin. Trent went first today, followed by Drew, and then Paige {who is always last as she gets solo time in the car after the big 2 are dropped off}.
Drew's choice today
7:50 AM - Drop off Trent and Drew.
8:05 AM - Get to Paige's school. The line is short today, and we still need to put on shoes, jacket and gloves.
8:15 AM - Headed home! Listen to Dragonfly in Amber on the way until Susie calls. We talk during our respective drives home after dropping off kids.
8:30 AM - Stop at Starbucks for a Chai.
8:45 AM - I'm home and set-up working. I have a meeting at 9:00 where I'm presenting, so I need to go over my spreadsheet.
My traditional Chai selfie.
Doesn't this look so beautiful?
9:00 AM - Conference call begins. I'm REAL irritated because we have had low participation on this call, and I have been saying for about a month that this format isn't working. I talk to 2 of the leaders for this call, and they agree with me and promise we'll get it revamped before next week.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Continue to work. At 10:30 I put on a little make-up because I have to go to the dentist. One of my crowns came off the day before, and even though I got it put back on, it needs to be re-cemented.
This is about as good as it gets these days!
11:00 AM - Looking so pretty with my dentist bib.
11:30 AM - I'm done! Bye Roup Dental!
11:45 AM - Stop to get gas as I know I'll be on the road a lot the next couple of days. Find my [expired] passport that I need to renew for our upcoming trip!
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM - More work! Conference calls, spreadsheets, you know, just a normal day.
Had a nice chat with one of my co-workers.
We used to be on the same team, and we miss each other!
2:30 PM - Time to go get the kidlets. My 1:00 PM call needed to be moved to 2:30, so I have to multi-task with getting the kids AND talking to my team and 2 partners.
I didn't eat lunch because the dentist said to let the cement dry.
Now I'm starving but need to leave so a cheesestick, Starcrunch and some tea it is.
Went through a bad spell here of forgetting to take pictures, oops! But here's how our afternoon roughly went down.
2:45 PM - Pick-up Trent and Drew. I've had to switch my order to get the big 2 first {and I now walk into the school} because Trent's teacher noticed he was having a harder time regulating his emotions during dismissal. Shush the kids for this call.
3:05 PM - Get Paige. She is TICKED because I didn't bring any snacks. I told the kids no more snacks in the car because they are destroying it. One of my partners also has a 3-year-old so she's laughing at how familiar she sounds in the car.
3:20 PM - Arrive home! Switch to taking the call on my laptop and let the kids have some screen time.
3:30 PM - Call ends. I continue to work and the kids watch devices.
4:30 PM - Tell everyone to turn off, Trent has a showcase in his classroom tonight - this means we go up to his class and he gets to show us what he's working on. Drew's was Tuesday. The downside is Brent is working late tonight, so he doesn't make it, boo.
5:00 PM - Leave to head back to T and D's school.
5:15 PM - We are in T's classroom. He was SO excited to show me his lessons. He was annoyed on Tuesday having to go for Drew's showcase, but it was so cute seeing how happy he was in his class!
Trent gave me a lesson this map work, and the girls were helping me.
Trent graded my work, and I got it all correct!
Science lesson!
We created some chemical compounds...or something like that.
Oops, another spell with no picture taking! Trent was excited to show off his work, but once he was done, he wanted to play outside. All 3 kids went outside and ran around for a little bit, and I stayed in the hall and talked to Trent's principal about how good January went for him, yay!
6:00 PM - Head home! I had texted with Brent a little while in the hall, and he was picking up dinner for him and the kids since I hadn't made anything AND was going to be leaving at soon as I got home.
6:15 PM - We get home, and I promptly kiss Brent and tell all the kids goodbye! Head up to our local movie theater to meet Allison for 1917.
6:30 PM - Meet Allison. We get tickets, get food, chat.
6:45 PM - Movie starts.
8:45 PM - Movie ends. I'm a basketcase at this point! BUT I remember as we are walking outside I need a picture for this post.
9:05 PM - I get home and decide I want to finish Cheer - I need something light - and my nails feel so icky after taking the gel off the night before, so I decide to paint them. Paige comes out of her room {this is early for her}, so I walk her back to her room and sit in her room while she falls back asleep.
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Finish up Cheer and my nails!
11:00 PM - Get ready for bed.
11:15 PM - Read until my eyes close. I think it was maybe 30 minutes? Good night!
I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I like to in a DiTL post, but I'm glad to have my first one of 2020 under my belt.
3 comments:
Ugh -- the dentist.
Also, HOW do you let your passport expire?!?!? Of course, we need to use ours to get to the States which is fairly important as Dave has lots of relatives there. But between that, and other travel, we use ours about three times a year.
Due to random circumstances, Dave has to work from home today while the kids are home and I have to go and do a weird work duty. I showed him the hour where you were on a work meeting AND picking up the kids. I'm very impressed :)
Also, in case I haven't said it before, I LOVE DITL posts and you are inspiring me to do one for sometime in the near future -- maybe once I'm done all my cruise posts.
Love these posts! and I love me some starcrunch!
These posts are my favorite!
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