The hardest part...

of being a working mom has to be trying to fit it all in!  I swear, it is seriously a juggling act every.single.day to get everything that HAS to be done in - never mind the things that NEED to be done or that I WANT to get done!  As I sit here at 9am thinking about all the things I need to do before we go to sleep tonight, I'm overwhelmed.  Being a working mother isn't just something that I am.  To be honest, I enjoy working. I enjoy the fulfillment that I get.  In a perfect world though, on days like today, I would only have to work about four hours (and be paid for eight).  In a perfect world, I would only require 6 hours of sleep per night.  In a perfect world, I would have gotten up at 4:15am for my workout so I wouldn't be sitting here right now trying to figure out how I'm going to get that in!  But instead, I must figure out how to: pick up meds and run by the grocery store, work out, cook birthday dinner for my dad and spend quality time with my parents, work out and pack for a beach vacation. These are the things that HAVE to be done tonight - between the hours of 4pm and 9pm (because the Casey household shuts down at 9pm...).  Plus the normal every day stuff - unloading/loading the dishwasher, bathing Parker, folding a load of laundry and putting a load in... If I had more hours in the day, I could easily get it completed... but since I don't, I will make the best of it - so this is my plan...
4p-5p - drive home, run by grocery store, run by CVS and change clothes
5pm - 5:45 - workout
5:50 - 6pm - shower
6p - 8p - cook dinner and enjoy time with my parents, clean kitchen and laundry
8p - 9p - pack like a maniac! 

Truth is... if I had gotten my hiney up and worked out before work today, the schedule would be more manageable... but I won't get into the fit that was pitched from 2am - 2:45am about wanting animal crackers... or the fact that my husband didn't go back to sleep after the 2am fit and I felt that I needed to stay in bed with the little one in case Mark did fall back asleep and Parker did decide to rise and shine at 4:45am - like he is prone to do when I escape the bed so early in the morning...

just another day of juggling it all!