Yesterday was crazy–in just shy of 3 hours I:
- got 4 kids ready for soccer–all dressed in gear, water bottles, balls and shoes . . . yes one kid did forget soccer shoes.
- Left the house with 4 kids. Drove Park #1 to drop off the 1st kid.
- to drop off #1 kid.
- Drove to a second park to drop off #2 kid.
- Drove to a third park. I’m the assistant coach for this team, so I had to check in players, give them uniforms, assign numbers, take money and NOT look like I was freezing (which I was)! Left kid #3 with his Dad (my hubby) who is the Coach.
- Drove to an indoor complex, dropped off kid #4.
- Drove by myself to pick up kid #1 (anytime I’m in the car by myself it is like a little vacation–sometimes I even film myself singing and send it to my friend–she understands). I was late–a slow moving train and sort of forgot where I was going (no unusual for me).
- Celebrated being Queen of the U-turn.
- Drove to pick up kid #2
- Drove home to serve up dinner for 4/6.
- Put everyone in the shower, assembly line style.
- Made sure all the nightly stuff was done.
- Serve up the last two dinners of the night.
My purpose today is to keep everyone on schedule. I did the best job I could. That dang train and those forgotten shoes . . .
How do you keep doing your best when things are so incredibly busy? How do you manage those nights that are crazy? What do you do to plan ahead? I had dinner ready and the table set at 3:00 in the afternoon. I’d love to hear how you prepare.
Be Blessed.
Did you forget about throwing the discus?! That was impressive…especially in a skirt! Dinner on the table/served up instead of an afterschool snack is a must on days like that! I frequently cook it all in the morning and it’s either cold, cooked on the delayed start setting on the oven, or quickly re-heated before eating. “Cold dinner” is always good too and can be packed to go in the car (cheese, hummus, olives and crackers/pitas, fruit- dried or regular, nuts, yogurt, granola bars, are some of our favorite options). They can eat some before and/or after practice/games.
Discus throwing was my Amazing Thursday, the busy day was Wednesday . . . I’d like to qualify the word “busy” . . .
Did you know I fell when I had my 2nd throw? My leg is totally scraped–but the kids had fun watching me literally spin out of control and try not to land with my legs in a compromised position! It felt good to throw again!
Gretchen, great suggestions on the food–I need to mentally get past the part where we don’t sit down and eat altogether. Life is changing and so are my meal plans.
Thanks for being my mentor! Be Blessed.
Prepare for busy days? About as prepared as I get is to make a green smoothie ahead for me and order pizza for everyone else. I’m lame, I know. I can live with it.
Dana–you are awesome–I would call it self-actualized :-)
Be Blessed.