I will use this blog as a way to help handle the stress in my life and a way to find some coping skills and to think out loud so to speak.
Thanks for listening and any advice you have, I would be great to hear it.
Thanks for listening and any advice you have, I would be great to hear it.
A day in the life if a single mom...
Oh boy, there is never enough time in a day when you are a mom. There is always things to be done, places to go, people to meet, and appts to deal with.
My usual day starts off at 6:00am. I wake up to the IPOD blaring "Crazy Train" by Ozzy. Because that is how my life feels like. One big crazy train ride that won't ever stop.
I wake the kids up and get one out the door by 6:30am and the other is in the shower at this time. Then it is time to dose morning medicine and get him out the door.
Then it seems like I might have 5 minutes to myself but NO... Dishes need to be done, laundry needs to be washed, dried, folded, and put away. Something needs to be taken out for dinner.
Then it is off to this place to speak with these people about doing these activities. If it isn't running to the school to deal with PTO business or dealing with one of the kids and their teachers, then it is running my parents around to appointments or off to the mall to pay bills or just out and about.
Then we get home just in time for the kids to do homework and make dinner. Then it is either time for girl scouts or meetings for Avon or even PTO meetings. Some nights its just let's get the kids fed and relaxed so that I can send them to bed.
But even after they are in bed things don't stop there. Because since the kids antagonize each other ALL day when they are home, I am purely exhausted and still have things to do. The kids have to brush their teeth and shower before bed and then they need to settle down, hopefully without acting up. DS has to take his meds for bed to help him with his medical situation and then finally after they are asleep, I can leave my spot at the kitchen table where for the last hour I have been sitting to make the kids stay in their beds and go to sleep without picking on each other.
Once they are asleep then I can take my own shower, relax and settle down to the radio and maybe a good book or even some time on the computer. But then I have to take my medicine to help me fall asleep even though I am so tired from all the antics of the kids.
Then maybe, just maybe around Midnight, I might, just might fall asleep only to wake up again at 6:00am to "Crazy Train" all over again.
My usual day starts off at 6:00am. I wake up to the IPOD blaring "Crazy Train" by Ozzy. Because that is how my life feels like. One big crazy train ride that won't ever stop.
I wake the kids up and get one out the door by 6:30am and the other is in the shower at this time. Then it is time to dose morning medicine and get him out the door.
Then it seems like I might have 5 minutes to myself but NO... Dishes need to be done, laundry needs to be washed, dried, folded, and put away. Something needs to be taken out for dinner.
Then it is off to this place to speak with these people about doing these activities. If it isn't running to the school to deal with PTO business or dealing with one of the kids and their teachers, then it is running my parents around to appointments or off to the mall to pay bills or just out and about.
Then we get home just in time for the kids to do homework and make dinner. Then it is either time for girl scouts or meetings for Avon or even PTO meetings. Some nights its just let's get the kids fed and relaxed so that I can send them to bed.
But even after they are in bed things don't stop there. Because since the kids antagonize each other ALL day when they are home, I am purely exhausted and still have things to do. The kids have to brush their teeth and shower before bed and then they need to settle down, hopefully without acting up. DS has to take his meds for bed to help him with his medical situation and then finally after they are asleep, I can leave my spot at the kitchen table where for the last hour I have been sitting to make the kids stay in their beds and go to sleep without picking on each other.
Once they are asleep then I can take my own shower, relax and settle down to the radio and maybe a good book or even some time on the computer. But then I have to take my medicine to help me fall asleep even though I am so tired from all the antics of the kids.
Then maybe, just maybe around Midnight, I might, just might fall asleep only to wake up again at 6:00am to "Crazy Train" all over again.
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Posted 09-15-2009 at 11:38 PM by Sandra Bostwick