Day in the Life- Summer 2016

Time for the quarterly Day in the Life post! Thanks again to Julia for putting all of the posts together. If you are interested in participating, document your day and send it over to Julia before midnight on Sunday, July 10th.

Day in the Life- Summer 2016

Thursday, July 7th

CP is 40

I am 37.5 and 36 weeks, 6 days pregnant

Izzy is 2.5 

Buster is 5.5

10:30- Turn off Modern Family. I hope that Izzy doesn't wake up in the middle of the night and that I don't have to pee too often.

3:13- First time up peeing- not too bad. I don't look at the Huffington Post notification until the morning. :-(

4:23- Why am I up? Oh, my right hand fell asleep so I turn over onto my left side.

4:53- Why can't I fall back asleep? I hear Buster panting.

5:23- Check fitbit watch. I decide to get up because my alarm will go off in 15 minutes anyway. One nostril is clogged with snot- thanks for getting me sick Izzy.

I head into the bathroom where I pee, start to wake up, shower, morning face routine, lotion, etc.

5:59- I'm out of bathroom and check my phone to see how hot (i.e. how uncomfortable) I will be today. 89 degrees? Ugh.Hear the sump pump battery alarm going off downstairs. It needs water but at 9 mos pregnant i'm not going near battery acid.

Get dressed and put powder on face (too lazy to put on any other makeup today).

Almost 37 weeks pregnant

I head downstairs to let Buster out; he immediately runs out to chase after something. I head down to the basement to turn off the sump pump alarm for 24 hrs, grab Buster's food and a clean shirt for work. Upstairs to let Buster in; he dashes off for his breakfast and I decide to make an egg and cheese on a bagel sandwich since I am running early today. 

I'm hungry- let me in!

I also pour myself some OJ and Izzy her milk. I pack my lunch and put some dishes away. I also get Izzy a few Cheerios in a cup for the ride to daycare.

6:33- I head upstairs to wake up the beast. Her first words to me are "get off the bed." Nice. Picking out clothes was easy today as Izzy agrees with my first t-shirt selection. Getting her to come to the end of the bed to get dressed is another story.

Interesting sleeping position Izzy

6:44- Izzy is finally dressed and we head into the bathroom to pee, first her than me.

Izzy helping to get Buster out the door and in the car

6:50- I am able to wrangle everyone into the car. Izzy is worried about the fly in the car, but I shoo it out the window. Buster starts barking at a dog that walks by our house.

We drive by a train and Izzy says "All aboard the mommy train. Why no wear shorts mommy?" (Because I can't wear shorts to work.) "What's that sound mommy?" Someone trying to make coyote sounds on the radio. "Why mommy?" Well i don't know. 

We drop Buster off at doggie daycare and the weirdo doesn't want to go behind the swinging door. I have to corral him and force him; not sure why he has been doing this recently. I also regret my choice of footwear this morning- while flip flops are going to not be as hot, my left foot already hurts from the lack of support. Oh well.

Blue nail polish thanks to my mom last weekend

Back in the car and we head over to Izzy's daycare. She grabs crackers at the front and insists that I use her fingers to type in the door codes. I sign her in and then we have her sit on the potty. "I tried." Gets off the potty then starts talking about her booty butt. *sigh* She lets me do her hair without a fight and after a big squeezing hug, a kiss, and noses, I am off to the train station.

I peruse Facebook for much of the ride but start to get tired. Was hoping to take a quick nap but it doesn't happen. :-( As I walk towards work, I decide that I need something to cool me down so I decide to grab a smoothie on the way into work. As I leave the restaurant, I walk into a chair. I am so graceful these days.

I'm into work by 8:30 and dreading my day. At noon I have a meeting with my problem employee. I don't know why she makes me so worried but I swear I could write a blog about her ridiculousness if I wasn't worried about someone finding it and it getting me fired. As an employee I remember how annoyed I was at supervisors that didn't do anything about problem employees so I don't want to just ignore the problem. My morning is spent writing/answering emails and worrying about this meeting.

12pm- I head into the meeting and it goes better than I thought it would. I then have another meeting at 1pm before I eat lunch.

Roasted chicken and peas/potatoes

2:30- As I walk to my next meeting, I listen to my sister's podcast. My meeting runs until 4:30. It's so weird announcing that I won't be at the next monthly meeting and someone else will be in my place. I walk to the train and thankfully it is not too busy so I get a seat to myself. I listen to the end of my sister's podcast for the train ride home.

Quick bathroom stop when I get off the train, then I get in my car to grab Buster then Izzy. One of our favorite daycare teacher's last day is tomorrow so we stop by and talk to her in case we don't see her tomorrow. :-( Izzy promises to give her a big squeezing hug tomorrow.

Izzy talks about the fact that it is raining while we drive home. I give her a rundown of our scheduled tonight which includes going to the grocery store after dinner. Izzy loves going to the grocery store so she is super excited.

We get home and I grab her milk, make Buster happy by grabbing his dinner, change out of my work clothes and decide that tonight is a breakfast for dinner tonight. Cheese omelette with strawberries for both of us! 

Enjoying dinner

Izzy mainly eats the strawberries while we talk to CP on FaceTime (he is currently in North Carolina for work). Izzy is more interested in singing random songs than talking to us but she does tell us that her friend pulled her hair today and that he "is not a good listener." We hear thunder (or as Izzy says it "tunder") and I tell Izzy that it is the "old man snoring." So far it seems to help with her not being scared. We quickly go to the bathroom and Izzy loudly sings while I remind her about using her indoor voice.

We talk to CP until 6:55 then I realize we need to get to the grocery store. Once we get to the store, she picks up the yellow taxi cart and thankfully she is pretty good at the store.

We are home by 7:45 and Izzy eats a banana while I unpack the groceries. 

Someone is excited about eating a banana

We hit the bathroom, count her way up the stairs, and brush her teeth. I read two books and sing three songs. Izzy pretends to paint bumblebees on my cheeks with her finger. Lots of stalling- she needs more hugs, kisses, etc.

Using stickers to "paint" bumblebees on my cheeks

8:30- I leave the room with Buster. I head downstairs and outside to pull in garbage, recycling, and yard waste bins. I yell at Buster as he barks at a dog walking by. Inside to do some dishes before sitting down in the sunroom with a glass of water and an ice cream sandwich. CP FaceTimes again and we talk for a while. Afterwards I turn on Orange is the New Black to finish the season. Damn this was a good season.

10- I let Buster out then back in again and we head upstairs. I take some Tums, brush my teeth, and take out my contacts. I watch Modern family, then turn off the tv at 10:30.

9677 steps but too lazy to walk more to get to 10k. Goodnight.


I also have decided to do a second Day in the Life for Saturday, July 9th so that I can document both a weekday and a weekend with only a week left for our family of three. Look for it to go up either Sunday or Monday! :-)