Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Is it like this everyday?

Well, let see. I started my day of by walking the 3 kids to school. When I got back I called Riverside Preparatory to see if I would be able to get the kids in or not. I was told that it was a lotto, even though the day before I was told it wouldn't be a problem. So feeling a little upset I then took Taylor to Walmart to get her prescription, because she might have strep throat. By the time we got back I rushed up to the school to pick up Autumn and Evelyn and then came back home. When we got home I made the girls some lunch and did homework with Autumn. Then Michelle called me and asked if I could grab Emily, because her work needed her to stay late. That was fine by me because my neighbor had already told me the day before that she would get the boys for me. Well to my surprise as I was walking out the door I got a phone call from the school stating that my boys were in the office. My neighbor was walking up at the same time and realized when she saw me that she had forgotten the boys. It was just a mix up. Anyways I then had to rush and get the boys and then go grab Emily. When we finally got home I had to do homework with the boys and make dinner. It is now 6pm and I am serving dinner to my kids. During this time I put four of the children in time out at least a total of 10 times. At one point Autumn said, "mommy put me in time out". What do you Do?

So by this time the kids all needed a bath. In the midst of all this Jeff had called me and told me he was going on a flight and that he wouldn't be home until late. So finally at 8pm everyone was in bed and I was having time to myself. I got on my treadmill and turned on 90210. I soooooooo look forward to this time. But........ Surprise we had a power outage! So much for peace. My girls were already asleep but the boys weren't. So they were a little freaked out. All of the neighbors were outside and there were a lot of kids running around. I managed to find a flashlight and about 10pm my boys finally fell asleep. Jeff walked in the door at 10:30 and I was still sitting in the dark, but again it wasn't peaceful because someone wasn't watching their kids. We had our windows opened because it was hot, but we are use to having fans on to drown out the noise. About 11:30 I heard some people in the spa (which is right across from us) they were REALLY LOUD! I decided to yell out my door GO TO BED! So about 12am we finally went to sleep. What a crazy night. Anyways I am soooo sorry for the long story, but I just wanted to make sure it is normal to be this crazy.

To top it all of. The next morning Taylor had a fire down the street from her school. She called me to come and get her but the school was on lock down. When I went to pick her up me and 5 children parked way down a hill thinking Taylor would be able to walk to us. NOPE! A lady came to my window and informed me that I needed to walk up the hill to get her. I had Autumn, Summer, Evelyn, Erik and Brandon and NO stroller. Not to mention it was about 90 degres out. Well we are all safely home and I hope for a better day tomorrow.

So tell me, is your day like this?

8 comments:

Raich said...

oh my goshhhhh!! i just got way exhausted for you! hope you get into riverside

ma'elePHOTO said...

mary you are so sweet... I would be going INSANE! Hope things settle down a little when you make it back up the hill. And the ladies in the RPA office have MAJOR communication issues. Ask Sarah, she'll tell you!

Tracy said...

Okay...you just made my day! I'm glad I'm not the only one with days like that!

THE TOKI TRIBE said...

OK..So I think I just got tired reading that!!! But I love that other people have days like that too!!! Maybe you just need to hurry and come up here and all your days will be great!!!! I've had issues w/ riverside for Luke, I was soo annoyed the other day, just telling me different things and all that....whatever!!! I hope they get in...Isaac can't wait to play with brandon again!

The Horvath Crew said...

NO! you are not going crazy I think it's called being a MOM, our job gets way insane sometimes okay well most of the time. I hope everything calms down a bit for you. Make sure you get some back rubs from your honey.You deserve it!

JeN said...

Oh honey.. I am sorry you had such a rough day. I think, well I know we all have our days.. Have a better one today!!! Luvs, JeN

Jewel said...

oooo Mary i don't know how you do it you are a grate mom tho i know that i

whitaker said...

Sorry I didnt read your post so this comment has nothing to do with that... It was so so good to see you. I wish I wouldn't have been a sick bum though... For sure next time we will have to do Family pictures!! I would have totally done them when I was there. Too bad I had a tag-a-long that made me go home early.. Hopefully I will be back very soon!!