Mother's Daily Drive...

I still am not sure if I'm driving to a specific location or simply driving myself crazy. This is a short rant about my daily drive; rather that be a drive in the car or what drive's me in life. In the morning I get up and get my self ready for work. I then get the kids up and get them ready for the day. After the long struggle to get everyone awake and going I give the kids a breakfast snack to keep them occupied while I let out the dog, feed and water the dog, switch the laundry, do a quick pick-up of the house, turn out the lights and prepare any papers needed for the day. I then get the kids in the car and head on my first drive to the baby sitter. It takes longer than expected to get to the baby sitters due to being stuck behind a tractor, school bus or trash man. I arrive at the babysitters, say farewell to the kids and then head to the gas station. After the gas station I can start my second drive. This is my hour long drive to work! I listen to my favorite radio station to make the drive seem shorter. On my lunch break at work I run errands for both the company and myself, this takes up another hour of driving. After work I start on my hour drive home. This particular day the kids were being watched at my mother's house. I was running late to my mothers due to being stuck behind another slow vehicle, and by this time the road rage had set in! I got to my mother's in time to say farewell to my brother who was home from Iraq and returning to his base in Washington State in an hour. I made the good bye regretfully quick and packed the kids in the car because our night was far from over. I was running late for all of the evening activities. I drove home from my mothers and only stopped long enough to grab the baseball uniforms, fill up the water bottles, grab the address for the babysitter interview & unplug the battery charger from my husbands truck. Oh, and I forgot I also let the dog out and refilled her water, all in less than 5 minutes. I drove to the babysitter interview for the kids, then had to make an unexpected detore and head 15 mins in the opposite direction of the ballpark to pick up my husband who was farming in a field. It was 6:20pm and the baseball game was at 6:30! I had to wait on my husband to change into his uniform because he coaches our youngest sons baseball team. I then rushed to the ball park and was surprisingly only 10 minutes late. I dropped off the husband and kids and proceeded to the bank that closed at 8:00pm. The bank was 35 mins away, it was 6:45 and I had to be back to pick up the kids and husband by 7:30pm. I made it to the bank and back by 7:31! ...and this includes a stop due to almost hitting a deer and 20 phone calls scheduling more interviews for the kids.. I gathered everyone in the car and headed for the gas station. After the gas station we had to go to the grocery store. At this point I am extremely tired of being in the car. I let the boys ride the mechanical pony and was home by 9:00pm. When I got home I had to carry the groceries into the house, feed the dog, pick up the yard, and again switched the laundry. Now it was finally time to start dinner. I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen while the food cooked. At 10:00pm the family finally ate dinner. I prefer not to eat that late but we have to do what we have to do right! after dinner I cleaned up the mess and got the kids into the bath. While they took a bath I did my nightly ritual of face masks and teeth bleaching. After bath time I could finally put the kids to bed! Slowly I walked down the stairs to the couch to try to get in a little bit of TV. But I couldn't focus. All I could think about was....was everything! I kept getting up and trying to clean knowing that I should be relaxing. I sat there pondering the day and looked towards the floor... a smile grew across my face. My stilettos! I did all of that in stilettos! I could then go to sleep :)