5:00am - woke up to screaming baby. Zac just only came to bed, but we both slog out of bed, him to get a bottle ready, myself to wash out my pumping equipment. Zac settles down with an unsettled baby, and I pump for about 15 minutes. I go back to bed, but I dont sleep because Pierce is crying and I am praying for Zac to have patience with him and for Pierce to feel better. I think I go to sleep because I wake up on my own at 8:16am...an hour later than my alarm was set. I must have turned it off in my sleep. That means no shower for Courtney...so hard to wake up without a shower and tea. I lumber out of bed once more, leaving my husband snoring on his side. Im dressed and ready to go by 8:50..wolfing down my breakfast while going to my car. I make the 10 minute ride to work going down 14, thumbing through the radio stations. I stop at 88.3 Catholic Radio to hear a verse out of 1st Corinthians saying something about boasting the Lords' miracles. Its been in my head all day.
I get to work at 9:05...my clock must be off. I sit down at my desk and dive right into making extremely urgent phone calls, all of which cant answer my questions and reroute me to different numbers. After 5 switches, I get my answer. Not the answer I want, but nothing I can do to change it. Rats. (more like some sort of expletive, but for the sake of good taste I wont repeat it) I then spend until about 10am sorting mail that got routed to us from our Home Office, waiting for Kristin to bring up the mail from the post office. I then spend the next hour and a half trying to sort through that while getting up and down taking over the front desk as Leann goes back and forth from various places in the office. I finally get the mail finished to take it around the circle...there's a counter that has food on it every morning, usually donuts or cookies. Yesterday there was wraps...no such luck today. I take a macadamia nut cookie..and then another one for good measure. And then its noon.
I sit and play at the front desk, waiting for Leann to get back from lunch so I can go. 1pm hits and I am free! Well, for an hour anyways. I run to my car, not wanting to waste any time. I speed home and flop in bed with my napping husband. Oh how good that felt! I had a migraine anyways. Some how I am able to pump more than enough milk in 5 minutes to supply little one, so that gives me 10 extra minutes of cuddle time. We hang out and 5 minutes before 1pm, I warm up last nights halibut and eat on the road, happy that this steak doesnt have bones and sighing as I have to go back to work until 6.
I walk back in the doors and talk to Leann a bit about smoothies and exercise, then sit back at my desk to print out fedex labels. I love that little machine. Its so much more convenient than hand writing those stupid things. I find a 2 drawer file cabinet on Craigslist for $5, call the girl and arrange to pick it up tomorrow. I had arranged for a 4 drawer cabinet, but where to put it? 3pm - Leann remembers she has to pick up food for tomorrow's meeting, so I am back up at the front until 4. She has thus came and left and I am holding down the fort like usual during the 4-6pm hours. I dont feel like getting into any major projects, nor do I have the energy to think about my business plans. Headaches suck.
Its 4:16pm now...Im waiting for 6pm to roll around. Im hungry, so Im eating a fruit and grain bar. Strawberry. I prefer Raspberry, but I ate that this morning. When I get home, we are going to Winco for food, Zac is making blue cheese, swiss and mushroom burgers...I need a few things as well. Then while Zac makes dinner, I am going to start my business plan and hang out with my little monkey. Afterwards, Pierce gets a bath. Then Stinky gets his flea bath. And then...I am going to soak and meditate in a long, hot bubble bath. The first since Pierce was born. And then I am going to go to bed praying that tomorrow will be a better day.
