Regular

Lately I just want to have a regular day. Here’s what I mean by “regular”:

7:30 am – Jarom gets up with kids and they have breakfast.
8:30 am – I get up, Jarom leaves for work.  Kids play, I eat and shower.
9:30 am – June goes down for her morning nap, Evan plays, I clean/pack.
11:30 am – we play outside.
12 pm – lunch. Go back outside.
1:30 pm – June goes down for afternoon nap, Evan plays, I nap.
3 pm – snack.
4:30 pm – get dinner ready.
5:30 pm – Jarom comes home for dinner.
6 pm – Amish hour. Get kids ready for bed.
7 pm – bedtime for kids! Chill with Jarom, briefly.
7:30 pm – Jarom leaves to study for the bar. Wash dishes, tidy house.
8 pm – kids are asleep.
8:30 pm – eat something delicious, like a box of See’s or a dozen donuts.
11:30 pm – Jarom comes home, we go to bed. Kids do not wake up.

Maybe instead of “regular” I should have said “ideal.” Anyway, here’s what our days have been like instead.

7 am – kids wake up. Jarom has the flu so I get up.
7:15 am – kitchen is a mess so kids eat cereal in the living room. They spill it everywhere and make a slide out of the packing boxes I stacked on the couch. June tries to take Evan’s bowl, he throws a fit, they both cry.
7:20 am – I cry.
7:30 am – mess continues.
8-11:30 am – fussing, fighting, whining, mess, nothing gets done. Lots of kids’ shows on Netflix.
11:30 am –  try to think of something other than pb&j for lunch.
12 pm – pb&j. Canned mandarin oranges on the side. Lunch doesn’t get cleaned up.
12:30 pm – vain attempt to clean/pack.
1:30 pm – June is finally exhausted enough to nap. More Netflix to keep Evan quiet so June can sleep.
3 pm – snack. We all go outside because I can’t stand being in the house.
3:30 pm – come back inside because June is uncontrollable.
5:45 pm – wonder about dinner.
6:30 pm – mac and cheese or pb&j again.
7:30 pm – FINALLY get the kids to bed.
7:45 pm – noise in kids’ room reaches “that level.” Find Evan has turned on light, June threw her blankets out of the crib, and one of them has a dirty diaper. Fix situation and go cry. Wish desperately for something delicious, like a box of See’s or a dozen donuts. Settle for a handful of chocolate chips. Get nothing done.
9 pm – kids are finally asleep. Continue wasting time.
11 pm – think about going to bed but can’t sleep.
1:30 am – fall asleep.
2 am – June wakes up crying. Try to figure out what she wants.
2:20 am – back to bed but now can’t sleep again.

Poor Jarom has been home for 2 days with the flu. Sounds like we’re all miserable! Anyone have a spare box of donuts they can share?

Secret

The secret to being productive is going to bed at 9:30pm.

Sorry for everyone (including myself) who can’t make this work on a regular basis.

But I had a great day today, thanks to my early bedtime last night! To be fair, I went to bed early because I’d gotten only 4 hours of sleep the night before, so it was mainly a chance to catch up. Jarom is in the middle of studying for the bar, so he goes to campus every weeknight after we put the kids to bed. I have plenty to do, but yesterday it was nice to just turn in.

Jarom pointed out that it’s easier to unpack if the house doesn’t work out than to frantically pack on short notice if it does work out. Since he’s gone every night and studying on the weekends as well, packing and cleaning are pretty much up to me. So for the rest of the month, that’ll be my fun job! Which means, unfortunately, I may not get to use my new-found knowledge.

Sigh.

Amok

The house inspection was rescheduled to today (instead of yesterday), which meant I didn’t have a chance to get a babysitter last-minute and ended up taking the kids with me.

Good news: they love the house. Still.

Bad news: they are approximately 1 million times noisier and crazier when they have more space to run around.

Heaven help us if this really works out!