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My mom commented to me yesterday that I hadn’t posted anything other than pictures lately.  Very true.  One of my excuses is that I have yet to become proficient at one-handed typing.  The other is… life.

For example, here’s what my day has been like so far:

Wake at some unGodly hour to feed baby.
Doze with baby in lap.
Set baby down and tumble out of bed around 6.
Feed dog.
Escort dog outside to do her duty.  (Escort required to prevent barking.)
Put lunches together for Jack and Maria.
Replace toilet paper roll in upstairs bathroom and discover toy soldier stuffed inside new roll. (?!?)
Get together goggles, towels and extra clothes in anticipation of swim lessons.
Wake children that are not already running crazily throughout the house.
Feed children.
Feed baby.
Load car with children, swim supplies, stroller and a bunch of other crap.
Head to pool.
Get Jack and Maria started in swim lessons and settle in to wait with two little boys and baby.  FUN.
Hustle Jack and Maria into dressing room to change while waiting for little boys to start their lessons.
Get little boys started and run to van with Jack, Maria and baby.
Tell Maria to stop crying about her hair.
Rush to school for Catholic Camp.
Arrive at camp (late because of swimming) and pass kids off to a mom who is insanely volunteering for the week.
Rush back to pool before little boys finish lessons and find me missing.
Get drenched with baby in rain on way into pool.
Stand in rain waiting for boys.
Grab boys, towels, flip flops and shirts and hustle home with crying, wet, hungry baby in tow.
Throw blue-lipped, freezing little boys into showers.  (Separate showers, ’cause Sam hogs all the water.)
Change and feed baby.
Try to get baby to sleep.  Unsuccessfully.
Give up and pop baby into vibrating chair.
Prepare to complete day 8 of my 30 Day Shred.
Find “The Wild” in the DVD player instead of Jillian Michaels.
Search for JM DVD.
Search EVERYWHERE for JM DVD.
Get angry because I can’t find JM DVD.
Finally find DVD.
Spend 20 minutes shredding while Luke entertains baby and Sam pokes him in the face.
Complete workout.
Try to put baby down for a nap.
Order little boys downstairs to play.
Jump in shower.
Exit shower to crying baby and Sam saying, “Mom is going to be MAD!”
Dry off while anticipating the tattle that is coming.
Dress while Sam tells me that there is Silly Putty all over the remote and Luke yells from downstairs that it was an accident.
Request delivery of putty covered remote.
Dry hair.
Settle baby.
Put in a load of laundry.
Feed lunch to little boys.
Sit down only to have Luke ask for a movie to be put in.
Go down to basement to put in movie (sans remote).
Get hunted down by Sam announcing that there is a spider in his room.
Tromp upstairs, followed by both boys, to dispose of spider.
Watch boys head down to watch movie and anticipate a short break.
Go back downstairs (upon request) to back movie up, as Luke missed the beginning due to the spider incident.
Work on cleaning remote and discover that Silly Putty bonds permanently to rubber remote buttons.

Whew!  Just half a day to go!