The only true multi-tasking I can do.
Here’s a somewhat complete list of what I did today.
A Tuesday.
Before 4:00pm.
- drank first cup of coffee around 5:15 am
- finished newsletter for a client
- edited blog post for my favorite client: The Center for Parental Leave Leadership
- kissed husband as he was leaving
- showered/got dressed
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changed baby’s diaper and fed her
- woke up big kid
- moved diapers from washer to dryer
- threw a PEAR and a peanut butter sandwich in big kid’s lunch bag
- loaded 45 pounds of school fundraiser PEARS in the car
- loaded baby, baby gear, laptop and planner into car
- drove opposite direction from school to deliver 25 pounds PEARS to a pregnant friend
- drove kid to school while listening to Heard it Through the Grapevine on repeat so baby wouldn’t scream
- chatted and ate other people’s snacks outside school (hard boiled eggs, cheese and salami — yum!)
- coordinated getting cranial sacral therapy for the baby after getting rear-ended last week
- realized baby has a cold
- drove to friend/favorite client’s house, did second round edit on blog post & fed baby
- realized I have a cold
- drove downtown to deliver another 5 pounds of PEARS and meet old work friends for coffee and changed a poopy blow-out diaper on a Starbuck’s chair (that’s what happens when there’s no diaper deck, people!)
- delivered 15 pounds PEARS to another downtown location
- drove back to school
- checked blood sugar and calibrated my continuous glucose monitor
- checked email and texts while baby slept in the car
- rescheduled a recurring meeting
- sent text begging friend/neighbor to let the dog out because nobody had yet (oops — sorry, Charlie!)
- watched school Michaelmas play
- cried (as I always do when seeing children perform anything)
- drove exhausted children home
- ate plate of nachos & a PEAR
- changed baby’s diaper
- shared photos and video from play on Instagram and Facebook
- fed baby
- made a grocery list
- vegged out on the inter-webs while baby slept on me
- made coffee
- cleaned the kitchen (because gawd)
- removed bra
- remembered to email link to favorite nursing bra to another mom
- brainstormed article ideas
- wrote this blog post