A Day in the Life of a Hummingbird Mom...

Write about real life, they said! Write about the things that are part of your everyday, they said!

Ok, here goes!

Today's Schedule (bare-bones edition):

• 8:00am - Greyson starts school
• 8:30am - Nick starts school
• 8:30am - I start work...AFTER stopping for a quad-shot latte to get me through the morning. (I should NOT have stayed up watching that movie last night!)
• 12:20pm - I have a dentist appointment across town, then back to work
• 2:30pm - Greyson gets done with school (Papa will pick up, thank goodness)
• 3:15pm - Nick gets done with school (Papa picking up)
• 4:00pm - I'm done with work and get to kill time until...
• 5:30pm - Nick has to be back at school for a Showstoppers performance at the BHS Open House
• 6:00pm - Open House starts - I'm staying for this, so I can meet Nick's teachers, etc.
• 6:10pm - Greyson has taekwondo - Daddy will take him after we watch Nick sing (stay tuned for a video)
• 6:45pm - Taekwondo ends
• 7:00pm - Nick has driver's ed - Daddy will drop him off
• 8:00pm - Open House ends - now I get to kill more time until...
• 9:00pm - Driver's ed ends

You guys. Seriously. This is not a joke...this is my life. I left home at 7:30am this morning, and won't get home until 9:30pm this evening...and this is what the majority of our days look like! (Thursday's are probably the "worst" day for being busy, because not only does Nick have driver's ed from 4-6pm, Greyson has soccer practice AND swim lessons that overlap each other, which means he misses the last 20 minutes of his soccer practice so he can take a 25 minute swim lesson - thankfully soccer happens in the field connected to the aquatic center.)

When I named this blog, it was an inside joke between an old friend and I - he used to call me "Hummin'bird" affectionately after watching how busy I keep myself. Sometimes I wonder if that might have been a self-fulfilling prophecy...but I'm ready to SLOW DOWN now!!

We are so lucky to have grandparents and siblings close by to help with transportation and child care as needed...I can't even imagine how we'd make it all work otherwise. But seriously...

I need a vacation.