This Monday morning started with me waking up a full 45 minutes late because apparently I am amazing at turning alarms off in my sleep. Oopsie.
I sprinted into the kitchen to throw food at my kids and pack their lunches. (It should be noted I haven’t gotten my heart rate up that high in about six months.) In said dash to feed my children for the entire day in fifteen minutes I knocked an open Diet Coke can out of the fridge, filling my shoes and soaking my night gown.
(Sidebar: YES, shoes. I think we’ve pretty much covered that you don’t walk barefoot in my house because my kids are nastee. Right? And it’s too hot here for slippers. Technically they are sandals. Birkenstocks if you have to know– but bottom line? Full of Diet Coke. With lime. Good grief y’all love some details.
ALSO- I do this THING with Diet Coke where I open a can and leave it in the fridge and sort of take a swig whenever I walk by. On average I’d say my Diet Coke consumption is average to low but I hardly ever just like SIT down and drink. )
The day started with a bang but everybody got to school on time and I got to stay home with this little nugget.
Gonna have to homeschool this one. She’s too snuggly for school.
and worked through a huge stack of business cards I got from BlogHer. I filed the cards into four categories:
1) Brands
2)Bloggers
3)People Whose Cards Were So Confusing I Couldn’t Tell You Anything Other Than Their Name
4) People Who Are Not On Twitter. (I hate to say it- not really- but I threw all of these away. I mean how HARD are you trying to build something if you aren’t even on Twitter. I can’t imagine paying what it costs to go to a conference and not using the single most powerful and effective tool available. Which BY THE BY, is free.)
Sadie & Moses laid under my desk to help.
MOVING ON…
Sadie and I chilled at the house all day. Dora and Diego babysat while I worked my way through cards, wrote a couple of columns and um… yeah. That’s it. There were a lot of cards.
Took me about 10 hours to go through.
We went to pick the bigs up from school and APPARENTLY Dora & Diego aren’t really into napping so Sadie hadn’t had one. I had told the kids we could go to Sonic and about half a mile from where I needed to turn to either go to my house or to Sonic, Sadie started freaking out.
Sadie: I MEED TO GO POTTY.
Me: Really? (Well founded skepticism folks.)
Sadie: YES!
Me: Fine, we’ll go home and you can go.
She panicked, unsure if that meant we wouldn’t go to Sonic.
Sadie: I don’t Meed to go.
Me: Are you SURE?
Sadie: I DON’T MEEEEEEEED TO GO!
We flew into the parking lot where my kids changed their orders approximately 467 times while I was talking to the little dude in the speaker.
Me: I want two coconut slushes, one powerade slush and a large Diet Coke with Vanilla. (Nectar of the Gods.)
Him: So you want…
Emma: WAIT! Can I get cherry?
Me: Whatever!! I’m sorry can I get one cherry?
Sadie: I want cherry too!
Me: Sorry make that two cherry… one powerade slush.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
This went on until I finally told my kids to zip it and told the dude we needed four slushes of ANY variety and a vat of Diet Coke with Vanilla. I was still mourning the early morning loss of my Diet Coke with Lime.
This is the point when I took a moment for a little Mommy Reverie and wondered again how much it would cost to have bulletproof glass installed between me and my kids…
And ALSO? Why do they call it “Happy” Hour??
How was your Monday?
*This post is not sponsored by Sonic or Diet Coke. But it should be.
** Do not be jealous of the sexy.
Can’t wait to experience that.
(No really, I can’t wait.)
I spent my Monday feeding my little Princess & The Pea (she’s 3 1/2 months btw and already spoiled), kicking my husband out of bed to feed her after I went back to bed, was happy to finally got the chance to drink TWO WHOLE CUPS OF COFFEE. YEY.
After that, I cleaned, and fed her, and cleaned, and put her new toys together, and cleaned, and fed her, and changed her once in a while too. I also got to go to the grocery store. Didn’t really feel like making dinner so my husband got himself corn dogs and cheese sticks and I had yummy freezer Chinese.
Then both went to bed and I got bored, so I made a cake, where I forgot to grease the baking pan, but it still turned out perfect.
Now I’m watching Hawaii-Five-O, ’cause when everything is clean and your little stinker is asleep it really is kind of boring, LOL
It is amazing when they can not only feed themselves but go to the bathroom without help! HANG ON SISTER! That day is coming!
I sure hope so! LOL
She’s already starting to hold her bottle though, so only a few more years 😛
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Ha ha ha ha ha! My husband and I experience this with our two kids each and every time we go to Sonic
Love your post! Great photos and, the line about the ‘bullet proof glass’ is hysterical!
Love me some Sonic happy hour… especially when my husband goes and I don’t have to.
Funny stuff. I am still casually going through Blogher biz cards…and I have the same pile .. “who are you?” .
Glad we met waiting for Martha …(and still waiting…)
That was just pathetic wasn’t it. We were in that line FOREVER and Martha hung out for less than 10 minutes. POUND SIGN: Martha FAIL!
I spent monday afternoon referring the COUNTLESS feuding hours between my little ladies, cooking supper,and checking homework, all while waiting on husband to get home from work. After supper I took my afternoon walk and even though the heartrate is supposed to be elevated, I took my time, and I AM NOT ASHAMED!! Mama needed a break!
It’s about the only reason I exercise– free childcare.
I am literally crying over this blog. Best line? …… “Do not be jealous of the sexy.”
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful…
Our Five Guys has a fill-your-own-cup-machine with ALL varieties of Diet Coke. Cherry, Vanilla, Lime, Raspberry … flavors I’ve never heard of before. You DO have a Five Guys, don’t you? Oh, but there’s no drive through. Which means you may have to go ALONE. 😉
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Oh Justine. Justine, Justine, Justine… sigh. I live in 1937. I have to get into my Delorian to go to Target. I’m 2.5 hours from Target, Starbucks or 5 Guys. But I will STOP DROP & ROLL the next time I need to get my DC fix near 5 Guys!
You are hilarious
Keep it coming!
Thank you ma’am!
I love Diet coke. mmmmm I go through a lot (A LOT) in a day. And now I’m craving Sonic…
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Ya gotta keep an eye on Dora and Diego, they can trick some kids with their doings. And NOW the Tater is all into SpongeBob and I’m not even ready for that!
Love the blog, love the name, love it all! And because of all that love, I’m giving you the Versatile Blogger Award!
Carry On ~ can you add rum to that Vanilla Coke???
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I would say that the sound proof glass is worth the investment. And some bloggers don’t have Twitter?! Total fail.
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Started my first job since birth of youngest – first paycheck in 14 years. Check. Wearing make-up but not sweat pants to look half-way presentable. Check. In-laws in town for the week. Check. Honey, there ain’t enough happy in happy hour for me.
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I hear you!
Diet Vanilla Coke IS the nectar of the gods and I will hear no arguments to the contrary. That’s right all you cherry limeade people – zip it.
I was recently converted from Cherry Limeade by the best babysitter ever in the history of the whole universe.