Chronicles of a Supermom Day 2

Yes, Yes, calm your fears and drop your phones. I am alive and there is no need for you to call 9-1-1! Praise the Lord. 

After I read yesterday’s post, I felt like I had taken the trip down negativity lane and ended up on pity street. HA! With that said, I woke up this morning determined today would be a better day. All I needed was a plan of action and to actually put it into place.

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Task one: 

Give the kids baths.

Check. 

Whew, that was too easy. Why was I dreading that. I mean if I think about it the boys helped me bathe myself by splashing most of the water on me…and I guess it also helped me drain the water. Sweet boys, they are just always thinking of others.

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Task two:

Get my van registered.

You see I recently discovered that I have been a bad Texan and have neglected the fact that I should have already registered my vehicle. Oh sweet cheez-its…I cannot get a ticket for this. The cops, po po, fuzz give me goose bumps and I tend to shake and cry in their presence…no lie. Knowing this, I packed up all three kids in the car, drove down to the courthouse, grabbed a number and waited in line to fix this little oversight. My hubby would be so proud. 

I was even a model mother. One that I think would mimic Michelle Duggar, haha! I let Ethan hold the ticket and our money to pay the lady. When our number was called I calmly pushed our noisy group over to the counter and allowed my son to count out and hand the clerk the money. She handed him back the change and all was well.

Check.

After I loaded up all the kids and the stroller, I sat in the van exchanged stickers and then heard,

“I need to tinkle.”

Really, you couldn’t have said that 10 minutes ago when I was inside the building. Not wanting to make a scene I unbuckled Ethan and allowed him to tinkle on the curb. Yes, Yes I did. We can’t all be this genius, sorry.

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Task three:

Pick up my mother from work and drive an hour to visit with some friends who recently had a baby.

Sounded pretty simple. I mean really, I was going to drive up to the building and she would appear from behind the doors and we would drive off into the sunset. Nice huh?!? Too bad it didn’t pan out that way. I arrived early to her work…shocker, I know. She was a little late, so we tried to peacefully pass the time.

Then when that wouldn’t cut it, I drove around the block a couple of times. Finally my mom burst from the building red hair and all and we were headed to see a sweet newborn.

Here’s the Cliff Notes version of the trip:

Screaming kids. They were in the car for a couple hours straight.

Traffic. I am a cautious driver, I get nervous with traffic, and I am also very claustrophobic. Get the picture. It wasn’t very pretty.

We get lost. Not only do I hate traffic, but getting lost in traffic…oh man, I almost turned the car around and went home…in tears.

As we are following the directions on my handy dandy iPhone, it dies.

Luckily we forwarded my mom the address and she used her handy dandy iPhone to direct us. Perfect!

Then when we turn into our friends neighborhood…which we have never been to…and are like two turns away from our destination when…my mom’s phone dies. Are you kidding me. We didn’t even know the address.

My mom walks up to a house that we think might be the correct house. Nobody answers. Thankfully, because as she is knocking and the kids are screaming I am trying to turn on her phone and milk the very-last-bit of battery to just see our friend’s address.

Got it!

Drove up to the house feeling a little victory. Standing pretty tall.

Visit went well. The baby was precious!

Drive home, I let my mom do that. She could see the fear in my eyes.

We grabbed dinner, fed the masses and listened to them scream until they finally passed out.

Check. It’s complete.

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Task Four: 

Get the kids to bed.

Let’s just say that as I am typing this, two are sleeping quietly and one keeps asking me,

“What are you doing?”


“Typing, go to sleep.”


“Can I ask you a question mommy?”


“In the morning, go to sleep.”


“My dinosaur is tired.”


“Good, maybe you should sleep while he does.”


“But I need a hug and a kiss.”


“I already gave you one….please go to sleep.”


“Ok”

So we shall see.

What will tomorrow bring?