A day in the life...

I love being with my child, but I also love having a job and adult conversation on a daily basis. I don't think working moms are better than stay at home moms or vice versa - I've done both. They both have their difficulties and rewards. I don't say any of this to get sympathy. This is what works for my family right now.

Here's a typical "working mom" day:

5:45am - Get up, showered, breakfast, take the dog out, wake the husband up

7:15am - Wake up Emmie, get her changed/dressed, quick breakfast snack and milk, shoes on, ponytail up

7:30am - Out the door, drop off Emmie at "school", head to work

8:00am - Clock in, work work work

12:00pm - Lunch break - Rush home, fix lunch, let dog out, do load of laundry, empty dishwasher, clean up

1:00pm - Back to work...work work work

4:00pm - Clock out, head to "school" to get Emmie, quick stop at Publix (On a good day, I stay at work and do 30 minutes on the elliptical, but that's rare)

5:00pm - Get home, let the dog out, change clothes, start attempting to make dinner & entertain Emmie at the same time. 

6:30pm - Daddy's home! Hopefully we all sit down and eat together, maybe someone will even feed the dog.

7:00pm - Bathtime! followed by jammies, reading stories and night night for Emmie.

7:30pm - clean up tornado Emmie downstairs, make a to-do list for tomorrow, sit down and COLLAPSE

Do it all again tomorrow :) The weekdays make the weekends much sweeter. We try and cram in all kinds of fun things on the weekend - which is why I don't mind running hard all week. 

How does your family balance life???