A little sit down

So, I just had an awesome realization. I spend a large part of my day sitting down. I know you are thinking, I'm either bragging or lying because no mom with two young children has time for that. No, what I mean is, I spend a lot of time sitting back down over and over again because I am determined to get that 10 minutes of time to myself in the morning to drink my coffee with my feet tucked under myself on the comfy corner of the sofa. I started this task at 8:15 a.m. and so far, I have managed 7.5 minutes of sitting and it isn't even 10:00 yet. I'm feeling pretty good about myself. Really, I am thinking, how much less tired would I be if I had just skipped the sitting and stood at the ready like a new military recruit waiting for orders.

I started my morning pretty well. I got to sleep til 8:05 and being a Sunday, I loved every extra second. Then I opened my eyes, and I realized I either had a mirror in my face or my 5 year old daughter was inches from my nose waiting for my eyes to open. (she knows she is not allowed to actually wake until Eight Three Zero Zero on the weekend.) About the time I finished rinsing my toothbrush I hear my name on the baby monitor. It's like the voice of God echoing in the room when you are still half asleep, but you know it can't be because it says, "Mommy, I peed! Mommy! Out!" I'm guessing God would be able to handle those things on his own. Anyway, I get everyone settled downstairs, I make my cup of coffee and sit down. Ahh.... Then, "Mom, I peed." (Somehow I forgot this). I change a diaper, and then I sit back down. "Mommy, I'm a little hungry. I want the granola bars on the top of the pantry." I retrieve and sit back down, one sip. "mom, eat! Me eat" I guess I should feed the baby now. I pour him some cereal and then try sitting with my coffee again. Slurp. Sigh...
Dog then jumps in my face, sloshing coffee on my shirt. "I must pee. I must pee now AND their is a squirrel in our yard and I must go tell it that I can see him!!!! Mom!!!" I set her free into the yard and sit again. One sip. TWO sips...I am loving life...Then the back door starts making crazy sounds, because the dog needs to come back in RIGHT NOW. Let dog back in. Sit dow...Dog is back, jumping and pacing, running back to where her food bowl is. Oh yeah, you eat too. Ok, I feed and water the dog. I sit back down. I am on my 6th minute now, and as I am sipping my coffee, I notice a telltale smell in the room that is not coffee, and is only going to get worse til I change it. Again, I do my diaper duty, wash up and am back in my cozy spot. I am exhausted. It is almost 10 and I have been sitting here all morning. Why am I so tired? WTH? Oh...yeah, now I remember.

BTW, you are thinking, how did you find time to write this short little blog by 10:15? Well, that my dear, is what those $1.99 bags of hostess chocolate donuts are for. You throw them to the 'wolves' and type furiously while they devour their prey. The bag is almost empty so I gotta run. Til next time.