It's Thursday.

Wake at 5:15 - "Great just 45 minutes before the alarm will go off." Grrr. Make a plan, out of bed by 5:40, color hair, while hair is timed for 30 minutes - start looking for homes for client. 6:15am Kids are up, kiss the kids, start their breakfast, jump in the shower, get out, get dressed. Grab Andi, "Time for your shower" get her started. On to dry my hair, flat iron, and make up. "What? Is the water off? Did Andi stop the water and is now drying herself off - ALONE!?" Bless my 6 year old - she's getting so big! And thank God, because I don't have time right now to do it. Get kids ready for school, listen to Andi read a book, quiz Tyler on this week's spelling test. Find the kid's shoes and backpacks, where is my cell phone? 8:20am Organize lunches into sacks (Thanks Wayne for lunch!), get Tyler on the bus, get Wayne and Andi out the door for the field trip on time. 8:35am Grab keys, lunch, purse, shoes, off to work. Crap forgot to turn off the coffee maker, oh well. 11 minute commute - arrive at work, damn, "Down time is over, just 11 minutes later." Arrive at SSSC with a smile. Answer incoming emails, voice mails and organize today's list of work orders to complete. Write income update requests, contact clients, compose environmental review packets for two homes, finalize 8 completed work orders, invoice receipts. Wow it's 1:00, nibble on lunch while compiling labor hours for 11 jobs, update payroll, contact snohomish county environmental review auditor for missing FEMA map requests. Leave work. 2pm Quick call on the ride home to check in on Wayne who's taking care of my dad (post knee-surgery) and see how the kindgergarten field trip went. Eleven minutes later arrive home, change clothes, invent another after-school snack, wait for the bus - hugs all around as the kids get off the bus, listen to stories about their day, serve the after school snacks of the day 'Icy Strawberry Soy-shake'. "Mooom, I'm still hungry", serve two bowls of cereal, get outside with the kids. Today's plan: mow and edge the lawn. 3:15 Unpack the shed, move the old mower, move the new mower, get out the weed wacker..."Yes, Andi I'll take out the yard swing if you guys help me carry it and set it up." "Yes, Tyler I'll teach you how to start the mower and weedeater". Mow the lawn, edge the lawn ("Yes, Tyler put on the goggles and I'll let you hold it this year for just a minute."), pull some weeds. Grab the yard waste can and put it away, grab the hose spray down the mower. Everything back in the shed. Whew. "WHAT is that?!" Dead rat full of magots. Nice. "Back up kids, I've got it"...ew! 5:45pm run in for another shower today, while in the shower start planning Mother's Day dinner, get dressed again. While drying my hair (again today), "Tyler, come plunge this toilet that you clogged." (Why is watching an 8 year old plunge a toilet more work than doing it myself? Ew, again! Back to the make up...again. "Tyler come quick, I've got a minute to show you how to change the furnace filter." Take apart the furnace with Tyler and learn about wires, blowers, and air circulation. Dispose of the dusty old filters. Grab dinner - already on the table (Thanks Wayne! Hey when did he get home?). 6:21pm "Andi come read to me, it's almost bedtime." Listen to Little Red Riding Hood - wow, she's really reading well!!! Grab a belt...Why is Andi crying? Help Andi get to the potty on time. Find my shoes, Why is she crying again? "No I'm not staying home tonight, Mommy is going on a Mommy Play Date. I need to take care of myself and have fun too. You look really tired today, that trip to the Children's Museum at school today really wore you out early." 6:45pm Tuck in Andi - good night sweetie, rub her back while I sing another made up song (I've been doing this for the kids for 8 years and I'm running out of song ideas), kiss Tyler goodbye, kiss Wayne goodbye, run out the door to Bible study. 7:03 Arrive and breathe and laugh and learn and laugh some more. 9:15pm, leave thankful and refreshed. Rush home, taste Wayne's delicious home made bread, start Gray's Anatomy that we taped and log on to the laptop while I watch TV. Start the show and start checking client emails. "Wayne, I need to show houses tomorrow at 2:30." Start searching for real estate homes, compile final list to show to clients tomorrow. "What was so funny?", missed another funny on Gray's. Answer another work email. 10:35pm Sign Andi up for swim lessons. 11pm, print out real estate findings, map the listings. Jot in blog. 11:29pm Go to bed. Do it again in a few hours.