We’d make a reality show, but the cameras couldn’t keep up.

1:17am Waah waah waah. Hungry. Fell asleep in the chair.
4:15am Waah waah waah. Hungry again.
4:45am Beep beep beep. Awake. Shower.
5:15am Wake up husband.
5:17am Check email.
5:20am Child #1.
5:25am Child #2.
5:30am Peepee potty. Two M&Ms. New Pull-Up.
5:35am Two pony tails, a ribbon, and a hairbow.
5:40am Child #3. New clothes. New Diaper. Meds.
5:45am Peel & slice apples for kids. Finish packing lunches.
5:50am Not enough milk for Tanner. Awesome…guess I’ll be buying some at school.
5:52am Toasting an English Muffin.
5:55am 5 packed bags, 2 lunches, and 2 kids in the car.
5:58am Kiss child #1. Tech roll call: Cell phone? Check. Jump Drive? Check. Ipod? Check. Camera? Check. Flip Video? Check.
6:00am Exiting R-Park. Opened sunroof before accelerating enough and water dripped on my shoulders.
6:06am Iced coffee. I’m an addict.
6:08am Huh. Detour in the intersection.
6:12am Calling mama.
6:17am Desert Song.
6:23am New Bethany Dillon.
6:28am Derek Webb. I so wish I could go to that concert September 22nd, but thinking that’s not gonna happen.
6:30am Arrive at daycare. Feed the baby.
6:42am Texting about church questions.
6:45am Putting T’s shoes and socks on for the second time today.
6:47am Dropping off child #2 and #3. #3’s happy. #2’s not; Tears.
6:49am Still crying. Scared because last night “it was blinking outside.” (a.k.a. the lightening woke her up.)
6:52am Deliver diaper bags. J’s bottles in the fridge.
6:55am Race off to work.
6:58am In the building on time by the skin of my teeth.
7:01am Sharing cookies with friends.
7:08am Forgot to sign in.
7:11am Last minute church-related phone call. Standing by a window in the workroom…my room’s like a dungeon. No cells.
7:15am Ding ding ding.
7:20am Brit Lit. Notes on literary works in the Victorian Period.
7:40am Copies: Vocabulary, Chapter 1. 7 pages. 122 copies. Stapled, collated.
7:42am Student presentations on Literary Periods….
8:12am Hello, Mrs. Curtright.
8:16am 9th Grade Lit…other end of the building.
8:23am Powerpoint explaining the Plot Triangle.
8:55am Word Clues. Greek and Latin roots. Woohoo!
9:19am 9th grade team meetings… The guy next to me has awesome trail mix!
10:12am Quick hallway conference about 2 students and the HS graduation writing test.
10:15am Tutoring 8 freshmen.
10:22am All these kids need help with math. Bless their hearts if I’m the only help they get…what’s a function again? (I need Kent!)
10:32am ESOL Paperwork
10:38am Math 1 sucks.
11:40am “Why do I need my agenda book to go to the bathroom?” “Because that’s the rule.” “Why? Who will know if you don’t actually sign it?” (Seriously?)
11:06am Quick check of the childcare cameras.
11:08am Two new students today…no English, no transcripts…”How old are you?”…no answer.
11:15am World Lit w/Mrs. Curtright. Today’s Journal: Write about a teacher who wasn’t very understanding.
11:31am Reading “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros.
11:40am Visiting the $3 salad bar…mixed greens, chick peas, cheese, craisins, and hard boiled eggs.
11:44am Lunch and conversation w/Mrs. Curtright.
12:03pm Finding similes in a short story.
12:33pm Off to the daycare to feed the little truffle. *favorite part of the day*
1:10pm I got to change him!
1:15pm Race back to school, answering some church-texts in the parking lot before going back in…
1:20pm Call to check on Child #1, who went home sick from school.
1:30pm Translating a biology worksheet on the scientific method and the life cycle of plants.
1:46pm Reading the first two chapters of “Forged by Fire” by Sharon Draper aloud…seems like a good novel!
2:30pm Ding ding ding!
2:47pm Chatting it up with my 70+-year-old custodian.
3:08pm Gathering up the chulrens. #3 screams half the way home.
3:32pm Baby feeding, then Oprah. Accidentally fell asleep for about 10 minutes. Dang it.
4:35pm Bathing #2.
4:50pm Unloading & reloading the dishwasher.
5:30pm Feeding the monkey.
5:43pm Headed to the mall with the trailer to pick up furniture & storage cabinets for the new church facility. Working on my laptop while Nick drives.
7:12pm Chick-fil-A drive thru. So much for cooking this week…
7:55pm Home, visiting with the in-laws. Child #2 goes to bed, 1.5 hours late.
8:15pm Returning Texts.
8:35pm Sending husband to Publix with a list…and coupons. Got to make sure I have the stuff I need to make several cakes and 60 custom cookies this weekend.
9:10pm Checking #1’s homework. She should have been asleep 40 minutes ago.
9:15pm Feeding again.
9:38pm Finally getting to emails.
9:41pm Taking a break b/c Jax is smiling at me and I can’t help but flirt with him.
9:45pm Checking on a friend.
9:48pm Quickly publishing this blog, about to bathe #3. Then answering more emails, revisiting the move-in schedule at the church. Still need to pack lunches, but I’m not in the mood. ☺ Think I’ll get up at 4:30am instead.

Repeat. ;)