A Day In My Life

I actually did this last year. It was a lot more awkward to do than I thought lol. I was still living at home with my mom and step dad, so that made it even more awkward. Me and Maddy now have our own place and our lives are different. I'm going to write out a normal week day schedule, then post the video I made last year to help make this post not so boring.

Unfortunately I do not have the privilege to be a stay at home mom. That has been THE hardest thing for me to let go of. I am, however, so very thankful God has provided a job for me and He has continued to provide for our needs along the way. I generally keep my alarm set for 6:45 a.m. I am a work at home employee, so I am able to start my day later than if I had to work in the office. I am also very thankful for this  opportunity. I rarely actually make it up at 6:45 a.m. I tend to get up anywhere from 7:30-7:50 a.m. I always run myself late because we really need to be out the door by 8:30 a.m. I wake Maddy up the second I get up. I always tell her good morning and give her hugs. I then get her clothes ready for the day while she goes potty. She is very talkative once she is fully awake and talks nonstop. Once she is dressed we go into the living room and turn on the tv. She loves having waffles for breakfast, so that is what we stick with. Once her waffles are done I get her chocolate milk and brush her hair. By this time it's around 8:10 a.m. Once she is all ready I get myself ready and Maddy gets her an animal to sleep with. I do not worry with make up because I am not a morning person and would rather have my sleep as opposed to getting all dressed up for nothing lol. I brush my teeth and my hair and then throw on some comfy clothes. We do pretty good to get out the door by 8:25 a.m. It takes roughly 25-30 minutes to get to her daycare. I always dread dropping her off because here lately she has THE worst separation anxiety. She will take my keys and not give them back, or she won't take off her jacket, or she won't put her animal in her cubby because she knows if she doesn't do that I can't leave. The routine at school is they put their stuff up and the parents help them wash their hands and then say their goodbyes. Here lately I am unable to get her to wash her hands and her teacher has to get her off me and let me leave before they can get her hands washed. It is so hard leaving like that, but I know she is ok once I leave. After I drop her off I go back to work. I generally log in around 9:30 a.m. I am an hourly employee so I have time to get in. I am also on year round overtime usually so my work week ends up being 48-50 hours year round. I am thankful for the money, but it is so exhausting! I don't get to take a normal lunch because I spend my lunch time taking Maddy to daycare. I work until 5:15 p.m. and then fix her a snack and drink and go pick her up. I usually arrive at her daycare around 5:45 p.m. and she is SO excited to see me. She always asks what I brought her to eat in the car. I've learned not to tell her until she is buckled in her car seat because there have been times I told her inside daycare and she just pitched a fit because it wasn't what she wanted. We get home around 6:15 p.m. and I fix her dinner and she watches tv. Once she eats I go back to work. When she gets done eating she usually plays until time for bed. Her bed time is 7:30 p.m. We read a book and rock and then she hops into bed. I generally start working again by 8:00 p.m. depending on how long it takes to get her in bed. I work from 8-10 p.m. I either clean or work out or do nothing when I am done with work. I typically don't get into bed until midnight.