Wednesday:

• Wake up
• Rush to get self presentable and get child ready
• Scream out of driveway at 8:45am to head to Bible Study Fellowship that starts at 9:10.
• Drive thru McD’s on the way to get a quality high fructose corn syrup-laden breakfast for self and child.
• Rush child into his class at BSF.
• Take the elevator upstairs b/c I’m too lazy to walk up the stairs in my heels.
• Fall exhausted into chair to discuss last chapter of John.
• Listen to amazing lecture – the last of the semester!
• Pick up child who had a fearful moment and freaked out during kids’ BSF over a man feeding some fish in a pond outside. ???
• Eat lunch.
• Naptime for child.
• Worktime for mommy: ads, layouts, announcements, etc.
• Pass out briefly for 20 minutes.
• Awake to the cries of “Mom. MOM. MOOOOOOOOM!”
• Glad to finally think about Farmers Market on day it actually happens so we go.
• Purchase strawberries and fresh bread.
• Target for the purchase of big boy pants and regular ol’ diapers.  And pasta sauce.
• Home in the rain.
• Creation of dinner while working on projects and returning of emails.
• Change sheets. Or wait. Was that the day before???
• Eat dinner.
• Run to deliver a final proof to client. Think to self, “Maybe I’ll take a moment and run an errand or two while out.”
• NOT HAPPENING.
• Frantic call from spouse because child will not calm down because Mommy is MIA.
• Drive home lawfully fast.
• Comfort visibly distressed child. Make first of 3 attempts at bedtime.
• Application of medicine to now-fevered child.
• Eat strawberry bread purchased at Farmers’ Market.
• Bedtime attempt #2. Bedtime prolonged to allow medicine to kick in and reduce fever. Ears are being tugged at.
• Put child to bed. Sleep ensues.
• Mommy passes out on couch next to spouse. Rouses briefly to fall into actual bed.
• Third attempt at bedtime around 2:30am to watch Elmo for an hour b/c child is feverish and frantic again. Ear throbbing.

Thursday:

• Awake. Barely. Against my will.
• Watch Cars and Elmo simultaneously to improve sick and sad toddler’s mood.
• Child into shower. Mommy into shower. Removal of Wednesday’s makeup in shower.
• Cereal consumed.
• Hair dried.
• Calls placed to pediatrician despite child’s hysteria.
• Troubleshooting on design projects.
• Off to pediatrician. Bribery commenced to keep child from having total meltdown.
• Child melts down somewhat, but better than before. Child reminds mommy of bribe after it’s all over with.
• Meet Daddy at Sbux for snack.
• Retrieval of bribe incentive at Toys R Us.
• Rush home to meet grandparents.
• Quick change of outfit.
• Rush to lunch to be interviewed for BSF leadership position. Am I visibly sweating?
• Delicious lunch.
• Rush home to be there before child awakes.
• 10 minutes of quiet before The Awakening.
• Shower #2 of the day for child.
• Application #2 of fever reducer for child.
• Watching Cars for the second time of the day.
• Retrieval of antibiotics to treat double whammy ear infection.

And we haven’t even made it to 5:00 yet today!

What on earth did I do before I had Jude?