A sweet friend asked me to consider doing a post on a typical day in my life. I’m chuckling now at the thought. Typical? No two days are alike around here, but I took the challenge anyway and recorded every single thing for one whole day. This is just one some-what average day. June 21, 2012. May you find something useful, or at the very least get a good laugh! Please forgive grammar, run-on sentences and other errors. I did this on my phone- not while driving, of course. The goal was not perfect writing, but an accurate picture of how the day went.
4am…Nathan comes into my room. Crying, he says he is having nightmares that I will leave him. I let him sleep with me because…well it’s 4am.
6am…alarm goes off, go downstairs begin quite time in Habakuk
6:30…tweet to hello mornings, check email (42 new), double check post was properly uploaded, locate walmart receipt for wrong cord, try to fit cord in original package while reading twitter
6:36…get annoyed that there are never any rubber bands in my house, but happy to find a hidden roll of scotch tape
6:38…back to twitter, network with other bloggers
6:49…Rachel wakes up…sent to do devotions, baby starts talking
6:53…diagnose and assess internet issues, discover that my network isn’t working, note that baby is still in bed calling me
6:57…Leah comes down
6:59…tell the modem how much I love it and need for it to love me back
7:01…send Rachel to get the baby up
7:03…Nathan descends and I recall that I put everyone to bed early in order to get the the doctor on time. No wonder they are up so early.
7:04….discover that hardwired computers aren’t working either. Lament at the thought of having to call Time Warner. Head to the kitchen to supervise breakfast choices.
7:08…grab a smoothie, come back to computer issues
7:08… reboot modem again, move to hardwire. Success!
7:11…post question on iHN
7:13…link my blog post on FB, listen to Leah telling me that she wants to start a blog (and showing me pics of her horses)
7:22…lost a little in FB, trying to load up tweets before heading out for the am
7:27…remind kids to clean the kitchen and do chores
7:32…dissolve fight. Brush teeth while reading blogs with Nathan on my legs
7:37…realize that I haven’t gone to the bathroom yet today. Do so while listening to Nate’s dream about clowns and m & m’s. Tell the baby not to tear off toilet paper.
7:39…Leah weighs in with her dream about a water buffalo and Mimi. Washing my face.
7:40… laugh at the random song that Rachel belts out. Apply make up while discussing hair options with the girls and declining the invitation to reapply Nathan’s fingernail polish from yesterday.
7:42…dissolve another screaming fest. Ask Leah to get baby dressed.
7:44… make baby go with Leah to get dressed. Iron hair while Rachel is still discussing hair styles for the day and baby is mad at his lot of getting dressed. Pray in-between moments.
7:48…evaluate Nate’s outfit. Try to finish hair. Baby still mad. Trying to drown it out.
7:50…. Contemplate how much easier being bald would be.
7:52… Hold baby so he will stop crying.
7:54… finish hair. Retrieve football from crib
7:55…get dressed, make bed
7:58…baby crying again. Hold him while making the rest of the bed one-handed
7:59… check kitchen chores, ask kids to flush toilet.
8:01…tell the kids to clean living room
8:03… sit back down at computer with baby
8:04…tell Nathan to check his attitude
8:05… fix Leah’s hair while Nathan sings veggie tales, read other people’s blogs
8:09…do Rachel’s hair while trying to explain why Internet isn’t working to a four year old
8:14… Rachel decides her hair looks horrible and takes it out. Awesome.
Back to reading blogs and leaving comments. Kids are reading. Baby playing ball on my lap. Look up the word meme.
8:24…wonder how I can read with the screaming
8:25…check 14 emails. Tell Rachel that she can not have ice cream.
8:28… tell kids to get shoes on
8:32… Pull out of driveway. Call Time Warner. Left message with Maurice my personal tech. Welcome the rest of the driving time to pray in between little voices.
8:39 embark upon a discussion about death. Find myself wanting to turn the radio up. Question of the moment…do they have birthday parties in heaven? Wonder why God didn’t include this information in the Bible in an effort to help mothers out.
8:51… switch to seeds of courage because mommy’s music is quote boring, pray for my marriage
8:57…spot a covenant transport truck
8:59… spot another one. Seriously? I’ve only seen 4 in my whole life and two were on the same day in the same 2 minutes? Realize that the song playing is, Do Not Fear for I am with you (Isaiah 41:10). I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Smile at how totally cool God is.
9:07… arrive at the doctor, Leah asks what a doctor who does women’s care does. I say- deliver babies. She is happy with that. I am thankful.
9:09…long line to check in, check email while in line. 10 new.
9:18…fill out new patient paperwork, even though we are here for a postop appointment and have had 4 surgeries with this doctor. Decide it’s not worth arguing with the woman.
9:20… called in to the back, pass out the iPad. Discuss Leah’s horse drawing frustration. Rachel twirls Luke in the spinning chair.
9:26… text of encouragement from a friend, Leah is working on school.
9:27…say-please don’t scream. Leah notes that a nearby calendar says that tomorrow is take your dog to work day and wonders if we can get a dog by then. I ask her if she can get a job by then.
9:29…doctor visits, he noticed Leah’s Teach them Diligently convention bag and asks her about it. She proceeds to tell him about the reasons that she loves homeschooling.
9:35… load up bag to go to upstairs for hearing test, Leah reads to the others while we wait.
9:39… dissolve a fight over a truck
9:49… check FB, twitter, answer emails. Wonder what on earth I would do without the iPhone that my sister so graciously blesses me with?
9:53… read more blogs through reeder app
9:57…Leah reads to me. Praise her for her excellent inflection.
10:08 …communicate with blogger about guest post. Answer text. 5 new emails.
10:14… inquire as to the wait, kids are playing I-spy out the window.
10:18… Nathan is called back for hearing test. The rest of us keep waiting.
10:25… pray for 41 marriages from my desperate marriage needs prayer list on prayer app. So glad I have this app.
10:29… Leah declares that she is bored.
10:31… nurse reports small hearing loss in left ear. Leave office. Luke pushes elevator alarm on the way down.
10:33… driving again. Call granny, catch up on grandpa, family, and give report on the check-up. There is much crying in the back. Anger over a song being over.
11:10… stop at sheets for gas. Thankful for the lack of crying outside of the car and of course the $ to pay for gas. Check 14 emails.
11:15…arrive at Walmart to return cords, reapply baby’s shoes.
11:25…. money in hand, run through the store for a few produce items.
11:43… back in car, discuss the differences between God’s law and Mans law in terms of being caught or not.
11:52…arrive home, excited to see diapers have arrived since I only had two left.
11:57… warm leftover quinoa for lunch, slice apples. Prune the cilantro plant while chewing.
12:09… read aloud from Esther 1-3. Wonder what kind of madhouse the conquibines lived in. Can’t imagine forever being with a bunch of women fighting for the same man.
12:25…children are reminded of their lunch chores. I move on to 20 emails.
12:35…Nathan gets hurt, console
12:40…change baby’s diaper
12:41… call Time warner, still no internet
1:07… unplug modem/router to return to TW. Otherwise it will be three days without service.
1:12… Nathan has meltdown because he can’t find his shoes.
1:15…drive to TW, talk to mom on the way
1:30… arrive at TW
1:33… explain the situation, reprimand Rachel for spanking Luke. Listen to guy ranting about how he can not live one day without a working cable box. Fight the urge to suggest that he go work in a soup kitchen.
1:50…receive new modem
1:51…back in car
2:03… get a call back from allergist’s medical billing. They are writing off my balance. Praise God. 
2:11… arrive home and drag in trash cans, spray one out.
2:29… check the mail, get Hooked on the Book (from a contest I won). Rachel can’t wait to open it.
2:32… Leah begins summer book kits, Nathan works in Rod and Staff
2:36… set up new modem, restart computer, open mail
2:40… pin pictures to pinterest from today’s post, censor a book Rachel is reading
2:44… pay gas bill that came in the mail
2:51… lecture children about the rules for quiet time and about not asking for food, try to finish email
2:56… do writing with ease with Rachel
3:01… get a glass of water, Nathan playing wii, Rachel and Leah finishing school
3:02… read more about hashtags
3:04… writing with ease (Leah) further discussion about being a true princess, since the story was about a princess
3:14… respond to comments on blog, read more about hashtags
3:17…try to set up new router
3:25…trying hard not to be annoyed that this was NOT in the plans for today
3:36… call collections agency regarding medical bills that I got this week, go into kitchen to diffuse small fire in the microwave caused by Rachel putting a plastic cup of ice cream in it. Yes, ice cream in the microwave.
4:07… still asking, no begging for someone to help me keep this stuff off of my credit until the court steps in, feeling thankful that tomorrow’s post is already written since this is usually my writing time
4:27… got nowhere…called lawyer back, time for a good cry…but haven’t seen the kids in a while. hmm… answer a few more emails
4:40… change baby’s diaper, more emails
4:53… read the email learning that I am in charge of the 4 year old craft room for VBS next week.
4:55… wash baby’s hands after he smears them on my pants, tell Leah it’s ok to decorate her bed with curling ribbon (after giving myself a pep-talk about it)
4:56… walk into kitchen and pray that dinner will appear
4:57… settle for a wrestling match instead
5:13… a truce is called when Nathan is “dunked” in the toilet
5:14… go back into the kitchen just incase the dinner fairy stopped by
5:15… laugh at luke in his sunglasses, pull out leftover beans and rice for dinner, make salad
5:21… disolve another fight
5:31… dinner, dissolve another fight over who sits next to mom, clean up the kitchen… Leah-dishes, Rachel-floor
6:03… internet down again, troubleshoot, kids clean sweep the house looking for items to put away
6:15… internet back, blog for sunrise gal
6:21… clean up the baby from dinner (slow eater)
6:30… keep giving guidance to cleaners
6:33… inspect the kitchen
6:34… start dairy free ice cream in the IC maker, help leah with difficult pots and pans
6:41… sit down and stare at the computer cause I’m too tired to remember what to do next
6:42… give Nathan things to pick up, help Rachel carry the vacuum upstairs
6:44… read the directions for the final two projects in our Babba box that I am reviewing
6:50… work on hat project with Nathan
7:00…pull ice cream out and serve, let hat rest
7:08… finish hat, clean up supplies
7:13… watch Samuel L Collins DVD, check email, apply for a free-lance job
7:18… review post for tomorrow
7:22… deem it ready to publish and head for the shower
7:38… rescue baby from some form of unknown injustice…put on pj’s and put him to bed
7:44… start a load of laundry
7:48… read aloud All of a Kind Family while kids fold yesterday’s laundry and tidy their room
8:15… prayers and kisses
8:23… change over the laundry
8:27… sit down to write
8:51… take a moment to revel in the quiet, well almost quiet…there is a dryer running and some voices in the bedroom, but this counts!
8:53 scratch that…Nathan enters- I can’t go to bed without you. YOU might leave. Assure him that I won’t leave him and pray with him
9:05… remember to add the day’s school accomplishments to Scholaric, feel thankful that it’s so easy to adjust when “typical” days like today happen and assignments get shuffled
9:07… realize that I meant to take some motrin for my pounding head several hours ago, maybe I should just go to bed instead
9:08…work on posts for next week
9:36… break out into praise and worship time with Lecrae
10:05 …Bible study, prayer
10:54… feeling a little tired, plus the computer battery is dying. Good night!
So, what was your day like?
Kim Sorgius
Kim is just a girl, crazy in love with Jesus. She's a single mother of 4, a passionate homeschooler and life-long student. After teaching 8 years in public school, she traded her M.A. in Early Childhood for sippy cups and homeschool co-ops. Kim is the owner and editor of The Homeschool Village and Not Consumed where she encourages others to rest victoriously in the hands of God, rather than allowing life's difficult circumstances to consume.
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“These are the simple joys of motherhood.” One of my friends used to encourage me with one of the most often used phrases in the Bible, “And it came, to pass.” Enjoy every minute of it Kim, and all moms, it goes by too quickly.
Great reminder! Every moment really is a blast….if I choose for it to be! I don’t want to waste these precious moments.
Very well written. Busy as it is, there are so many people out there who would give anything – ANYTHING – to have what you have and be a mom. Even if it is alone and not as you planned. Enjoy your blessings, though they’re exhausting.
Lauren, you are very right. Sometimes we get so blindsided by circumstances that we forget to look for the blessings in them. And there are ALWAYS blessings.
Being a mom is such a funny thing. Most of us want it so badly and then turn around and complain about how hard it is! I have so many friends that are desperate for children. Thank you for reminding us to always be sensitive to that. I’m so glad you stopped by and know that I am praying for you.
That was only meant as encouragement, by the way – NOT an accusation! I didn’t want that to be misunderstood!
whew! I’m tired! Loved reading about your day- you wear many hats.
Whew~!! I’m exhausted just reading your post.
Super impressed by all the kids housework.