Day in the Life- Spring 2020 (Quarantine Edition)
Tuesday, May 5
CP in 43, NSC is 41, Izzy is 6.5, Wes is 3 years old for only two more months
Marshmallow and Cocoa are ?
This post is not going to be perfect, but if I don't get it down with the imperfections, I am going to forget to do it.
The night before....
11:10pm- CP comes upstairs, I take a few minutes to finish what I am doing and shut down my computer. Change into pajamas, head to the bathroom and hear Wes. He is still awake as well (!!! Hopefully just woke up), I stand while he goes to the bathroom & tuck him in. Brush teeth, take contacts out.
11:30pm- CP is a bit annoyed b/c it is late and he wakes up early to start working so I turn the light off (he has been sleeping on the couch downstairs while I work). He immediately falls asleep and starts snoring, I wind down for the night on my phone and shut it off at 11:57.
That day....
2:53am- bathroom
5:45- CP’s alarm goes off. While he gets dressed, I pee and go back to bed. He heads downstairs to eat breakfast and start working.
7:47- I wake up. I can hear CP talking to someone for work through the vent even though he has set up a temporary office in the basement. I start typing up this DITL as I slowly wake up.
8- Bathroom, put in contacts & deodorant. I can hear my work IM bings going a little crazy in the bedroom. Start working while the kids are still asleep. I open up the curtains and see that it rained a bit- booooo.
8:50- Cocoa comes in and wants to play with my feet. I shoo him away b/c I really need to cut his nails; right now they are too sharp. I hear Izzy awake and she bursts into my room and says "I need to work on my invention!" I promise to head downstairs with her after I send this last email. izzy plays with Cocoa.
9- downstairs. Izzy starts to work on her invention, I clean up the counter a bit before breakfast.
9:15- Wes is up. I head upstairs as he doesn't want to get dressed alone. His room smells like pee. My stomach growls; I haven’t had enough water today. Wes is standing naked in front of me excitedly talking about a sleep over in his bunk bed with Izzy. Wes wants to wear all black so that he can be Black Panther.
The kids fight a bit about which chair to sit in, I make Izzy do some belly breaths to calm down. Wesley gets mad that we keep calling him Wesley instead of Black Panther. The kids get quiet while they eat. They both get a second bowl of Cheerios while I email Wes' doctor to ask whether he would be at higher risk for complications from COVID b/c he had premature lung syndrome when he was born. CP and I are trying to decide whether we would have the kids go to summer camp if it is even open this summer and if Wes is at higher risk it makes it a very easy choice.
10- Izzy starts working on ABC Mouse while Wes colors. I do a little work. Of course there is yet another emergency at work. Wes becomes more interested in ABC mouse than coloring.
10:15- Izzy's zoom call starts and Wes then gets to go on ABC mouse while I do work. Izzy shows off her invention to her class and of course it doesn't work this time. LOL. A few minutes later while CP and I talk about texting the person that we have asked to possibly babysit the kids this summer, Izzy falls off the stool. *sigh* She's okay but this happens way more than it should.
10:45- Izzy is off her zoom call. CP and I talk about the babysitter for a few minutes as well. Wes climbs up on a step stool, Izzy brings him down, he gets mad and pinches her. I put him in time out and we talk about his behavior. *sigh* Izzy puts her shoes on and goes to the bathroom, Wes does the same.
11- We finally get outside. Wes wants to ride his two wheeler (he just learned this past weekend after only a few weeks on the balance bike!), Izzy wants to ride her bike as well. It's raining a little bit but the kids NEED to get outside. I try to work with Wes on stopping as he isn't great at it. We head to a nearby parking lot so that he can practice and Izzy can whip around. A pregnant neighbor walks by with her three boys- I can't imagine that right now, although at least she isn't working (although her husband is!). We talk for a few minutes and then they keep walking.
I let the kids ride around until 11:30 when it's time to go. Wes is sort of able to stop but then crumbles to the ground saying that he will never ride that bike again. (This sort of sentiment is fairly normal coming out of him these days- it's rather frustrating) I get the kids inside the house, set Izzy up to watch an e-learning video and start to make lunch. PB&J for Wes, homemade corn chowder for me and Izzy. I also put out grapes, Ritz crackers, and cherry tomatoes.
11:50- I eat my lunch quickly, empty out the dishwasher, put breakfast dishes in the dishwasher and check my work email while the kids mostly play with their food- at some point the kids are saying a lot about the coronavirus. I text CP at 12:15 to see if he is almost done as it’s time for me to work. He finally comes up at 11:23, we talk for a few minutes while he heats up his soup. I make a cup of coffee and put Starbucks Caramel
Macchiato creamer in it, then I head upstairs.
12:30- I hear the kids downstairs while I start to work again. CP makes them head outside. I get tired, but it's almost time for my first call of the day....so time to perk up!
WORK. Calls. Lots of people around me dropping the ball- why can't they just do it right the first time??? A few times of dropping swears in work conversations because things that people want us to do are making things harder.
3:45- Head downstairs to eat a banana and a handful of pretzel chips.
6- I am stressed and tense after my work day today and have a lot of emails and work to get to tomorrow. Wes, Izzy and CP are back from going outside. Wes yells up the stairs, "Mommy where is you?" CP tells him that I am still working and will be down soon. A few minutes later I head downstairs for dinner. I come down and see CP just putting the chicken in the oven, so I know it is going to be a while. The kids ask for a show and since they haven't had one all day we allow it. I ask CP if I am needed; I am not so I head upstairs to quickly change before going to the basement to do Day 15 of Morning Meltdown- that's right I started it over again because I loved it so much! Thankfully it is yoga/stretching day so nothing too strenuous and it helps me relax. I jump into a quick shower and as soon as I get downstairs we eat dinner. Roasted chicken with potatoes, green beans, and a salad.
Yum. I try a CBD seltzer drink that a friend gave me and it's like drinking flowers (aka not good). At some point Wes points a butter knife at me so he get put in time out with no dessert. He is NOT happy about this, but we don't back down.
8- Izzy runs upstairs to get pajamas on. I grab laundry and throw some into the washer. I drag clean laundry that has been sitting in a bin since the weekend and drag that upstairs. Chris starts to read Harry Potter book 4 to Izzy.
8:30- I'm upstairs just starting to work when Wes comes running upstairs and turns on the other lights in the bedroom for me. He then starts jumping up and down because he has to poo. He yells that he needs me to turn the light on in the bathroom for him; I tell him to do it himself. After 30 seconds of jumping around he heads to the bathroom to turn the light on and sit on the toilet. "Mommy can you wipe my butt?" I make him wipe once before I head in the bathroom to finish the job. I'm back working when Izzy bounds up the stairs and jumps into my lap. CP gets Wes to put on his pajamas and brush his teeth. I get hugs from both kids, CP gets them into bed while I work.
9:30- Change out the laundry and go to the bathroom. Back to work.
10:45- change laundry again. CP is on the couch in the basement after running. Help Wes, crying over ? Finish work for the night (early!).
Read until 11:30.
Play on phone until 12, sending pictures to myself for this post. Go to bed.
