Where does the day go?

Have you ever asked yourself that question? It seems to cross my mind every night! So today, I had a long list of things to accomplish. I pretty much knew I would not get them done even though I should be able to. I decided to log every minute (well, almost every minute...no potty talk on my blog!) and see just exactly where the day goes!

Tuesday - To Do List

• Go to bank
• Go to grocery
• Run 4 miles
• Get check from Big Daddy (preferrably before going to the bank!)
• Drop off letters at the Team In Training offices
• Manicure / Pedicure
• Get replacement battery for TI-82 calculator
• Drop off old clothes at Goodwill

Honestly, does this list really seem all that impossible to accomplish??? Let's see...

7:30 - 8:10 am

• Get out of bed and start waking kids.
• Head downstairs to lay out daily medicines and paperwork for school.
• Back upstairs. No one is out of bed. Wake all 4 kids again.
• Back downstairs. Feed cats. Turn on TV and find my fave morning show (Clean House on Style Network!)
• Upstairs. 1/4 of children are sitting up. Send her to the bathroom. The other one gets up. 2 down, 2 to go. Start knocking on the boys' bedroom walls and seem to get a response.
  
• Wander around the hallway in an attempt to save another trip down and up the stairs!
• Knock on the boys' walls again. They're up. Movement throughout the hall. Success!
• Head downstairs to wait for kids to file down. They don't eat breakfast and I don't even try to suggest it anymore. Make sure all medicine, backpacks, paperwork, lunch money and field trip money are picked up.
  

8:10 - 8:20 am

• Drop kids off at school. 1/4 to high school and 3/4 to middle school. Fortunately, both schools are only about 1 mile from our house.
  

8:20 - 9:45 am

• Toast bagel. Eat bagel with peanut butter for breakfast during my morning computer time.
• Computer time...check email and read blogs. This is where a lot of my time goes on a regular basis. (But today, I am keeping a log so I try to keep browsing to a minimum!)
• Finish addressing letters for TNT letter campaign and create spreadsheet to keep track of letters sent. (things that should have been done Sunday night!)
  

9:45 - 10:20 am

• Fold 2 loads of laundry (this was unfinished business from Monday's to do list!)
• Dress for morning run (switch TV to CBS so I can try to catch part of Price Is Right I love it just as much with Drew!)

10:25 - 11:25 am

• Run 4 miles (in the rain, I might add, all the while chanting Coleman's motto..."neva div up, neva div up, neva div up!")

11:25 - 12:20

• Shower and dress for day's errands.
• Received a VERY distracting phone call that causes me to lose 20 minutes of the day and miss the PIR Showcase. (No complaints though...more on that later! ;)
• Gather everything I need to run errands and I'm ready to walk out the door. Just need to get a check from Big Daddy.
  

12:20 - 12:50

• Wait for BD to print me a check. End up in a conversation about the recession and stimulus plans. (Neither of which I understand!)

12:50 - 1:10

• Drop off bag of clothes at Goodwill
• Make deposit at bank

1:15 - 2:20

• Manicure and Pedicure
  
• Now I know I wasted a little time here. I opted for the "Majestic Pedicure" Oh, but it was sooooo worth it! Leg and foot massage with hot towels wrapped on my very sore calves!
• And honestly, this hour of the day is usually occupied with Days of Our Lives!
  

2:20 - 2:55

• Missed a call from BD while at the nail shop
• Stop at McDonald's for lunch to use their Wi-Fi so I can get directions to the TNT offices.
  
• Call BD. He won't be able to pick the kids up from school as planned. No trip downtown for me today. (add an item to Wednesday's to do list)

3:00 - 3:25

• Don't need to pick up kids until 3:30 so I stop off at Hallmark to waste a little time get some much needed greeting cards.

3:30 - 3:50

• Pick up 3/4 of my kids and drop them at home. (Still need to get to the grocery so I can feed them tonight!)

4:00 - 5:20

• Grocery shopping at Wal-mart Superstore. (Yes, I know, way too much time to spend grocery shopping. That's the problem with Wal-mart, they have the best prices but they also have a lot of "extra" merchandise to browse...)
• Look for calculator battery. They don't have it. I guess I need to hit the Office Depot (another Wednesday item)
  
• Call the house and have the kids waiting to help unload the groceries from the truck. (Sometimes their good for something!)
  

5:30 - 5:50

• Kitty's soccer try-outs end at 5:30.
  
• Somehow I wait in the parking lot for 15 minutes before she emerges from the building. (Ah, my little social butterfly!)

5:50 - 8:00

• Cook dinner (breakfast for dinner, if you're wondering)
  
• Eat dinner (had too many hash browns!)
  
• Clean kitchen
• Pick up house from kids being home alone for 2 hours
• Goof around with kids
  

8:00 - 10:30

• Check email again
• Read more blogs
• Check some statuses and pictures on Facebook
• Start this blog post
• Put the girls to bed
  

10:30 - 11:15

• Head back upstairs to tell the boys lights out
• Back downstairs for adults only time!
  
• Cut some cake for me and BD for our late night snacks
• Close down the kitchen for the night
  
• Finish up this post!

And there you have it. My day! How did the To Do list fare?

• Go to bank
• Go to grocery
• Run 4 miles
• Get check from Big Daddy
• Drop off letters at the Team In Training offices
• Manicure / Pedicure
• Get replacement battery for TI-82 calculator
• Drop off old clothes at Goodwill

Not too bad, I guess. Now off to bed so I can do it all again tomorrow!