A Day In The Life

6:00-Get up, make coffee, get dressed/hair/make-up (I shower at night)

6:30-Wake up 8 y/o and 11 y/o

baby usually wakes up between 6:30 and 7:00. I nurse him and change/dress him after feeding him.

7:00-Wake up 12 y/o and 13 y/o

7:10-Get 11 y/o and 8 y/o to bus

7:30-Leave for daycare/work

8:00-4:30-WORK

I pump 2-3 times throughout the day.

4:45-Pick up baby and 11 y/o and 8 y/o

5:00-12 y/o and 13 y/o run track for their middle school. I pick up my 13 y/o and drop off my 12 y/o football gear for football practice. He has football practice at the middle school so that is super helpful in my crazy life. My 8 y/o also has football practice at the middle school. This saves my butt every day. Then I drive to another park where my 11 y/o has football practice.

7-7:15-Practice is over for everyone.

7:30-Eat dinner

8:00-10:00- Big kids do homework (the little guys get it done afterschool/before practice). During this time I am preping snacks and meals for the next day. Doing a load or two of laundry, washing bottles (The bane of my existance. Ugh.)

11:00-12:00- Wind down time for me! I could should go to bed as soon as my evening chores are done. But I am the type of person that has to wind down before going to bed. If I just go to bed without winding down I feel so stressed the next day. I need my trashy TV/internet time before bed.

I am trying to use the boy's football practice as time to practice with my camera and exercise as well. The camera practice is going well. Exercise, well, not so much. The weather has been really crappy. New Mexico in March is windy and miserable. The past several days have been cold with bitter cold wind. Therefore, the baby is none too happy about being in the stroller with all the wind and sand. And really, who can blame him. It is supposed to warm up in the next few days and then I can be diligent about exercise. Hopefully by the end of next week.


Oraganization is saving my butt every day. Some nights, I just want to skip all the meal prepping and bag packing for the next morning. But I *know* I will regret it if I do. I really have to force myself some evenings. But it is so worth it. I have always loved my crock pot but it is my best friend now more than ever. Tonight we had Slow Cooker Buffalo Wing Sandwiches and cole slaw. It was a hit. Tomorrow we are having bean burritos (beans will be cooked in the crock pot) and Spanish rice (which I already made the evening).

I pack all our bags the night before and boy do we have millions of bags. Ok, not millions. I am exaggerating. We only have 8. The diaper bag, my purse, my breastpump bag, my lunch bag, football/equipment bags x3 and "football practice" diaper bag are loaded in the car the night before. I also pack a snack bag for the big kids because they do not get a snack before track practice (and the 12 year old goes straight from track to football). Whew.

Have I mentioned I decided to stay on my part time job as well? I thought it would be nice to stay on and work Sunday's only. That way I keep my discount and it is an easy $50 each week. It seemed like such a good idea. But good grief, I am tired. Really tired and somehings got to give. I think it will the part time job.

Anyway, that is a day in my life lately.

Project 52-Week 12

Our spring football season started last week (and by "our" I mean my boy's football season) . Football season gives me a great excuse to practice with my camera. This was my attempt at something artsy. It would be great except it was freezing and windy and I was nursing a baby at the same time. Oh well, better luck next time.

Project 52-catch up!

I know that this picture breaks many of the official photography rules but I love it. I feel this is one of my best (so far!)


I love this one too. I feel the focus is good and that is something I struggle with. I know it needs dome editing, it is overexposed. But I am just now starting to crack the book and learn about editing. I have an awesome computer program...I just need to learn how to use it.

This one, well I just love it. It melts my heart. I love my two littlest boys.

All three pictures were taken with my new 50mm lens. I love that lens!

I am around...

I am around these days, I just suck at blogging right now. I am trying to get used to my new normal. This working thing is so hard. I am exhausted. I am trying to stay really organized because it seems to really help. But good grief, it is so hard. I am just not very good at this, yet!

But on a positive note, I really like my new job. It is going to be really really really rewarding. I will be in a classroom setting type training for 3 months. Much of my training will include extensive training in medical terms, issues, diseases, and disorders. Right up my alley, I am pretty excited.

Anyway, I will be back to normal (well, my new normal) soon. I am 2 weeks behind on Project 52! Eek. I think I owe my blog 3 pictures this week to make up for it. I am planning the cutest photo session in my head that includes the baby and bunny ears and my new nifty fifty. Squee! I can't wait!

Be Negative

*sigh* The past 48 hours have been extremely rough.

:(

Happy Hump Day!

I am halfway through my first week at work. My new job is really cool. Overwhelming and challenging but incredibly rewarding. I finally feel like I am using my hard earned education. I think this job will be a good fit for me. I am one of five new hires and 2 of them I worked with previously at another agency. It is so nice to have some familiar faces around. And most important, I am extremely thankful to find such a good job in this economy.

Conor is doing well with daycare but there have been some tears (both his and mine...mostly mine) and it breaks my heart. :(. But we are both plowing through and I know a week from now everything will be much easier. I wish I could just be home with him but that is just not my reality. I am so exhausted and trying to get my routine down. I feel like a bag lady every day. I walk out daily with a diaper bag, cooler bag for bottles, my lunch bag, breast pump, and my purse. I hate pumping and I hate washing bottles. But you do what you got to do, right?



My two big kids started track this week. They like it a lot but they are SORE. All that exercise has been a shock to their system after a long break from activities. lol Next week is Spring Break and the week after starts our football madness. It will be nuts. I am already exhausted. But I am excited. I am ready to get outside and get some vitamin D.

Today I had kind of a rough days so my husband brought me some irises to cheer me up! Irises and daffodils are my favorite. Irises because I am proud member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and daffodils because, well...because they are pretty! Nothing says spring like some lovely irises!


And with that, this former nightowl is dozing off and it is barely 10pm. Time for me to hit the hay!