A Day In the Life: Today Was One of “Those” Days

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So here’s my life today… My 11 month old has decided that sleeping through the night was a cruel trick he played on me for the past 9 months and now he thinks he needs me to hold him in the middle of the night. Last night, as I was taking my almost 3 year old to the bathroom, I discovered she had a 100.7 degree temperature. I am currently sitting on the couch with my husband, who has had a broken foot since Sunday and just got a walking cast on Friday. For those of you that don’t want to do the math, that’s FIVE days of no walking!! So today when I took my daughter to the clinic (why is it that kids always get sick on the weekends?) and found out she had strep, I gave up.

I run a pretty neat household. But when everything hits the fan, things that seemed so important turn out to be not so important. So here’s what’s going down in my house today.

My kids stayed in their pajamas all day… does a diaper count as pajamas?

We watched TV all day. Not just TV, but Bubble Guppies! Bubble Guppies! I usually limit the amount of TV we watch in a day, or at least make sure it’s educational TV. But today, we just watched TV… all day!

The two year old ate the following things today… a donut, 2 bites of an egg, one bite of macaroni and cheese, an orange sucker (from the doctor’s office), a Popsicle, one bite of yogurt, and one bite of cheese… Did that cover the five food groups?

My husband and I ate Buffalo Wild Wings at 9 o’clock at night. They say you shouldn’t eat past 8 but they never say anything about past 9… right?

At one time today there were 8 people in our house and I didn’t feed a single one of them. If anybody knows me, you know that I usually LOVE being the hostess. But today, I let people come over and hang out and I didn’t have food for them at all.

As I sit on the couch, relax, and mentally go over the events of the day, I think about all the things I could have done better as a mom and as person, but there are some days that survival is all that we can accomplish. We all made it through the day and for those other things…as Scarlet O’Hara says “I’ll think about that tomorrow.”

 

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Carrie Gould
Hi OKC! I'm Carrie! My husband, Steven, and I met in college but never dated. Many years later, we reconnected and fell in love. After a whirlwind romance and gorgeous wedding I gave up my Texan status and moved to Oklahoma (he was worth it!) He spends his days on the road travelling all over the state of Oklahoma. We are the proud parents of our adorable 2 year old, Caroline and precious baby Benjamin. There is very little sleeping going on at our house. I am a music lover and a wannabe crafter. I am very good at following directions but not so great at creating my own masterpieces. I was a math teacher for 6 years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Before being a teacher, I worked in the actuarial field, which is what I am doing part-time now. As a family we work hard to live a simple life, create great memories, and love the Lord with all our heart. I am so excited to be sharing my family with all of you and connecting with other local moms!

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