My day so far:
6:00am - wake up. Check school website and see that there is a 2-hour delay. Shower, dress, decide to make children a treat of blueberry pancakes. Post recipe on blog because it is a good one. Number of adults in house: 2 Number of kids: 3
7:45am: Receive call from the mom of boy that I watch after school. She needs to get to work and I tell her to bring him over and I'll take him to bus stop at 10:10am. Adults: 2 Kids: 4
8:00am: after coughing all night, The Queen wakes herself up by vomiting all over her crib. Clean Queen, clean crib. Adults: 2 Kids: 4
8:15-8:30: Receive call from BestFriendMommy. She needs to be at her part-time job by 9:00am. Can I take her kids to their bus stop at 10:00am? (I had offered last night, they go to the Catholic School, mine go to public). Wake up my boys. Adults: 2, Kids: 6
8:45am: start breakfast. Learn that I am the only one who wants blueberry pancakes. Although other children had breakfast at their homes, they want a second breakfast. Make an entire loaf of bread in to French Toast. Every piece is eaten. Adults 2, Kids 6
9:20am: call from other neighbor. She needs to get to doctor appointment. Can I take her kids to the bus stop? "Send 'em over!". Adults 2, Kids 9
9:25-9:55am: 9 children running around, asking to play the Wii and/or DS/PSP (not before school). Discover that 9 children running around on hardwood floor is a sure-fire way to get a migrane. Adults 2, Kids 9
9:56am: Silently thank God that I got my tubes tied when The Queen was born. Adults 2, Kids 9
10:00am: I leave for bus stop with 6 boys (although Prince #2 didn't have school, he wanted to come along for the ride). Although it is icy and raining outside, boys are not content to wait in nice warm minivan for the bus. Stand outside holding a Buzz Lightyear umbrella the size of a mushroom watching them get the bottom of their pants soaked. Me: 1, Kids 6 (Brad: 1, Kids 3)
10:08am: Brad arrives in his car at bus stop with 2 girls from other neighbor and The Queen. Loudly mocks me as I stand in the rain and he gets to stay in the car with the girls who don't want to get wet. Think of new and creative ways to make his life miserable later tonight.
10:22am: public school bus comes. Prince #1, neighbor boy and neighbor girls get on bus. Send Prince #2 back home with Brad & The Queen while I continue to wait for already-very-late-Catholic-school bus. Me: 1, Kids 2 (Brad 1, Kids 2)
10:30am. Give up waiting for bus. Drive BestFriendMommy's kids to school. Silently curse all other drivers who believe that the now-merely-wet roads necessitate driving 3 miles per hour. Pray that the school doesn't refuse to take them because their shoes and bottom of pants are soaked clean through
10:45am: arrive home. Clean up disaster of kitchen Adults 2, Kids 2
11:00am: wonder if it is too early to open a Yeungling. Decide against it (at the very least, I need to wait for Brad to leave for work!) Make mental note to check vodka & olive supply for 5:00pm.
Maria
*lmao*
You are too nice. I would have been turning brats away left and right!!!!
Tara R.
9:56 a.m. - Yes! I say a silent thank you for this almost daily. 10:08 - that one too crosses my mind.... daily. Too funny.
Rhonda
Oh MAN! What a morning!
Go you!
Mindi
it was fun....but I am stocked on vodka & olives. only problem is that Prince #1 has a homework packet due tomorrow and he hasn't even started it yet. And Brad isn't getting home from work until almost midnight. But as soon as 8:30pm hits and all 3 kids are in bed, I'm pulling out the BIG martini glass (the one with Mickey Mouse ears all over it)
Liz
I often have kids (other than mine) on days like these, too! Still. I'm tired from reading about your morning and we're ALL out of vodka!
Momo Fali
I am crying over here. You had me at "Learn I am the only one who wants blueberry pancakes". Story of my life!
Calamity Jane
I hope you had a martini in hand while you blogged it! I will never complain in the morning again. Okay, well not tomorrow anyway.
Vampy
I'd say it was a FULL morning Mindi LOL. It's for certain you enjoyed those martini's!
Rebecca
I, meanwhile, hope and wish for a tubal ligation. In the meantime, this post reminds me of a 'problem drinking quiz'; I saw once. it asked "does anyone you know have a drinking problem?", and quite honestly I don't know know many people who don't have a drinking problem (or at least a strong drinking hobby).
The Bearded Iris
Oh honey, 11:00 AM is definitely NOT too early for a Yeungling (great choice! love that one) after dealing with such multitudes of OPKs (other people's kids). Much preferred to placing your head in the oven, which is my typical response after a morning like that.
Me? Funny you should ask. I took a six pack of Newcastle Brown Ale, a shovel, and a baby monitor over to my neighbor's house at 1 PM yesterday to dig a shallow grave for her ENORMOUS dead dog. Not easy or fun, but the beer sure helped.
Blueberry pancakes AND french toast? WTF? Are you trying to make the rest of us look bad? Damn. I suck.