Now that PG is on a good schedule, the holidays are over and things have calmed down a bit - I find myself wondering - why am I so busy/stressed out all the time? So I decided to break down my typical day.
It starts around 6:45 am. From there on out I have a three 1-1.5 hour increments of time to myself after PG has been fed and changed, or he is napping, - that's if he sticks to his 2 hours awake, 2 hours asleep schedule. During those increments I do the following on a daily basis (for the most part):
- Clean.
- Do Laundry.
- Treadmill & Pilates (baby weight isn't going to loose itself people)
- Chip away at our mountain of medical bills/insurance claims/paperwork from PG's hospitalization and surgery.
- Panic about what to make for dinner.
- Run any errands that can be accomplished within a 1 hour time span.
- Shower, and 50% of the time get my hair blown dry.
- Work on press kits for our films.
- Become outraged yet again at the $ of celery I had to pay at the store the other day.
- Entertain Preston.
- Go to the bathroom - you laugh, but sometimes I decide, "I just don't have time!"
- Eat - you laugh again, but I forget a lot of the time.
- Follow election news & continue to despise/fear Hillary (thanks Anna).
- Decide what's for dinner and make it.
- Eat dinner when Dave gets home.
- Pack Dave's lunch.
- Clean up after dinner.
- Do PG's bedtime routine (bath or story, then swaddling about 30 minutes).
- Put PG to bed.
- Do more laundry whilst watching TV or a movie or just hangin' with Dave.
- Dream feed PG around 10:45 pm.
- Get up intermittently during the night to check on PG (yes I'm that paranoid), or put his paci back in if he starts to stir.
- Start again the next day at 6:45am.
- And there's always the weekly/monthly commitments. Visiting teaching, preparing lessons for Sunday, PG's doctor appointments in SALT LAKE etc. which completely throw my day off......
4 comments:
You had me hooked by "Treadmill & Pilates"--you're an inspiration!
And I have to agree--that squishy face is worth all that indeed. :)
I think the way you work it...no diggity, no Doughty. Also, I am quiet enraptured (sp?) with that bald head.
Seriously, I JSUT had a talk with tyler about this exact subject two nights ago. Your list makes me feel better about myself becuase it's strikingly similar to what I was pretty sure I was in for. That and its good to know its all worth it! : )
Thatnks for helping qwell the panic!
Oh man, that is one squeezable baby. And one tired mama. But mostly a squeezable baby...
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