And things that make me go… or not…

Just being is hard enough… Add a full-time job, a part-time job (writing), humanitarian efforts, motherhood, being a wife, and simply trying to have a life into the equation, and you might end up like me… exhausted!  For years, I chose to ignore what I saw every night; my tired face looking in a mirror.  After writing about my love of audiobooks, I finally decided to face the facts.  A few years ago, I never would have spoken of an audiobook.  My love of books, feeling the pages, writing in them and absorbing each read is too strong!  As much as I like my audiobooks, I still love the feeling of holding a book in hand.  Unfortunately, that has become a rarity since my eyes are too weak to read in the evening (the only down time I seem to have).

An average day in the life of me!  Here’s the skinny:

1. When I wake up in the morning, feeling like P-diddy (like how I incorporated the song Tik Tok?  Call me a dork)… K, back to the song… When I wake up in the morning UNLIKE P-diddy, all I want to do is crawl back into bed… instead, I have no choice but to get up (after hitting the snooze button of course).
2. Generally, I let the dogs out, and then back in.
3. Moments later, my computer starts calling my name…
4. I check my schedule for the day, answer some emails and try to write a bit.
5. By now, it’s time to wake up the girls.
6. We gather in the kitchen and I make them breakfast.
7. After breakfast, I take a quick shower and then get the girls ready for drop off.  During summer vacation, I don’t have to deal with drop offs but still get them ready.
8. I grab my morning cup of Joe and… off to work I go.  At work, my day is filled with… drum roll please… work.
9. At some point during the day/afternoon, I either pick up the girls from school, or wherever they may be.
10. Once home, I feed the dogs, feed the kids, feed myself, then feed myself again, and again (kidding).
11. The girls and I do some reading and writing before I put them to bed.
12. Once in bed, the second part of my day begins.  By now, it’s usually 8pm.
13. I pick up the house, get into my pajamas and head straight for my computer.
14. This is when I write, design websites, do some social networking and then write some more.
15. Around 11:30/midnight, I turn off my computer and head for bed, iPad in hand.
16. This is when I do a little research for my blog and have the opportunity to read (ok, so I should really say be read to).
17. Sometime around 1:00am or so, I usually fall asleep, headphones still on… 3:00am comes pretty quick… that is when I usually wake up to burning ears and in need of a bathroom break before falling back to sleep.
18. 6:30am… my alarm goes beeeeeeep… buzzzzzz…. beeeeeeep… buzzzzz… then, I hit snooze.

Although I would love to do nothing more than sleep my day away once in a while, the moments I have time off are better spent with my family… awake.  Below, are a list of things that keep me going… as a mother, wife, corporate executive, writer, humanitarian and tired lover of life…
First, my Stainless Steel Travel Coffee Press by Bodum(R) 3.5 cup

Next, my Opportunity Rocks Headphones in Hardwood

Because everyone should have a fantastic pair of headphones!

My Slow and Tell Clock always keeps me on time (my time that is)

What no girl should ever be without… Store Trooper USB Flash Drive in R2-D2(Geekette? “Who Me?”)

A perfect little Through the Post Clutch for running quick errands and when I don’t want to carry my maMMoth of a bag!

A girl definitely cannot live without her chocolate! My preference, Dylan’s Candy Bar Malted Milk!

MMMMM… Chocolate… I could go on forever about my morning cup of Joe and the things that make me go… but chocolate is now calling my name… until next time… xoxo

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