Mundanity--

5:25 am: Alarm goes off.  Hope that Dear Husband hits snooze.
5:35 am: Alarm goes off again.  DH gets out of bed to make coffee.  It's my day to walk the dog.  I'm not budging.  He offers to take him instead.  I fall back asleep.
6:00 am: Shoot, now it's really late.  DH leaves with the dog, and his coffee.
Turn on lights, update iPad, shower, dress, pack a lunch, lay out breakfast for the girls. Eat a bowl of cereal.
6:45 am: DH returns with a happier dog.  We wake up the girls.
7:00 am:  Miss Cheeks has finally finished her warm milk, both of them are dressed and downstairs.  Eating very slowly. 
7:45 am: After usual morning drama, we're all on our way to preschool drop off.
8:00 am: Metro ride downtown.  Check Blackberry.
8:15 am: Starbucks, thank goodness the line is short.  Check Blackberry.
8:45 am-4:20 pm:  Work.  Do not stop for lunch; do not pass go; work, work, work. Two meetings, lots of phone calls, but mostly emails and writing.
4:20 pm:  The girls' preschool calls to inform me that Miss Bee has a rash on her face that they're concerned about.   Yikes! Quickly email my Mom, who is picking the girls up from school today so she can investigate and call DH.  DH makes an evening appointment for the pediatrician.
4:22-6:30 pm:  Work some more. Finally wrap up enough stuff so I can leave with a clear conscience and start my commute home. Check Blackberry.
7:00 pm: Go to pick up Cheeks who is still at my parents' house, eating dinner, very slowly.  Decide my Mom's leftover soup looks better than the soup I have waiting at home and pull up a chair.   Cheeks made the crescent rolls and is very proud of herself. Poor Bee is still  at the pediatrician with DH, waiting for her appointment. 
7:30 pm:  (This is the girls' bedtime so we've really missed the mark tonight.)  My Dad drops me off at home.  DH calls.  Bee is pretty much fine and has a doctor's note to prove it.  DH takes her to McDonalds since she was so patient.  We rarely eat fast food on work nights and so Bee is delighted.  Check Blackberry.
8:00 pm:  Cheeks is finally in bed.  Start the laundry, sort the mail, make a halfhearted attempt at putting the clean dishes away.  Check Blackberry.  Think about doing bad things to my Blackberry.  Decide I will not look at it any more for the rest of the night.
8:15 pm: Bee arrives home, clutching her happy meal toy.  I make her an oatmeal bath for the rash, which she finds fascinating.
8:45 pm:  Bee is in bed, finally.
8:50: DH takes the trash out and takes the dog out for his evening walk.
9:00 pm:  Nice telephone call with my grandmother.  It's been a while since we've chatted.
9:10 pm: DH returns and gets his dinner.  Our not as good soup.
9:15 pm: Read, scrounge for dessert, chat with DH.  Peek at Blackberry.
10:00 pm:  Bedlington.

A week ago today

I was sailing around the Bahamas. I had no idea what day it was.  Time was measured in the space between ice cream cones and kisses from my daughters.  I wanna go back!

Ocean blue