Working Moms

It's amazing how much a working Mom can accomplish in a week. It surprises me every day of how much I can accomplish and how much my friends who work outside of the home and have children get done each day. Yesterday is a good example of a day that when I step back and think about it, I don't know how it all gets done. After leaving my house with my two preschoolers, dropping them off at preschool, working a very long day, and getting back to the preschool, I was told (at 5:00 pm) that it is possible my 4 year old has an infection and can not come back to school without a doctor's note. I probably didn't have the best reaction (because it turns out that he did have an infection) but I was not happy about the fact that the afternoon teacher pulled out a note from her pocket that was written by the morning teacher. The morning teacher leaves at 1:00 so I was a little confused as to why I was being told at 5:00 pm - after the doctor's office is closed - that I need a doctor's appointment before my son can go back to school. I left because I was there early to take my daughter to dance class and I needed to beat the traffic to get her to the studio by 5:30.

I dropped my daughter off and decided to go to the Minute Clinic. I figured if it was an infection that my son had then surely the nurse at the Minute Clinic would know what it is and get him on the antibiotic that he needed. So we had 45 minutes before I had to pick up my daughter and CVS is right up the road. We walked in, no wait, got right in, and sure enough, he has an infection. They send the prescription to the pharmacy and we can pick it up right after we pick up my daughter. 6:15 - we get to the studio just in time to hear the announcements regarding the upcoming recital. Now back to the pharmacy - perfect - they have a drive thru. We get the prescription within 10 minutes then head to the grocery store.

We picked up what we needed for a couple of nights, take all of our stuff home and have sandwiches for dinner. It's way to late to start cooking something and my husband and two step-children aren't home from baseball yet. It's almost 8:00 (bedtime for the preschoolers) and I need to make lunches and they really need baths tonight. So I get one started on a batch, I make the lunches, change the water and put another kid in the bathtub. Finally, it's over. I read a quick book, tuck them in, clean the kitchen, put a load of laundry in, feed the guinea pig, take out the garbage, and I can finally sit down and relax. Actually, I don't really relax because I left some work unfinished and I have to work for an hour to prepare for some meetings the next day.

Now I can relax. But it's time for bed so I just go to bed and try to sleep for 6-7 hours so I can do it all over again.