Tall Girl Ramblings

It's difficult for me to place when exactly I became so damn busy. It seems to me at least a year ago, maybe two - I had a TV lineup for every night of the week. I stayed up late talking to friends online. I decorated my myspace on a weekly basis. I took new sass pictures of myself to show the world. Yes, I was one freaking carefree individual.

I'm just not sure what happened, where it happened but I would really like to turn back the hands of time....

My responsibilities, in no particular order:

Mother
Wife
Friend
Daughter
Sister I really should be a better a sister...
Perfect Trainer (That's my job, by the way...yes I talk for a living)
Healthy Woman
Student

Just for kicks, lets go through that list again and determine the approximate hours needed to make each a successful role in my life. We'll talk hours per week. Total hours per week is 168.

Mother: While realizing I am indeed a mother ALL the time, I will assume that during daycare and sleeping hours - my direct active responsibilities are minimal. So...74 hours a week. SAD! God, that's sad. Makes me want to quit work to stay home with my children. Moving on.
Wife: Before work I'm worthless in this category and I will be the first to say without my husband I would never make it out of the door every morning. So after work and weekends totals......77 hours/week...because we can stay up late.
Friend: When life is perfect - I try and spend at least 5 hours a week talking (on the phone even) or being with friends.
Daughter: My Mom is designated at least an hour a day of talking...we're close...7 hours. We usually see eachother on the weekend at some point so average is closer to 13 hours.
Sister I really should be a better a sister...
Perfect Trainer (That's my job, by the way...yes I talk for a living): 45 hours a week
Healthy Woman: My goal is to always work out 4 times a week for a minimum of 5 hours total.
Student: With two classes you should allow for three hours of homework per week, per class PLUS actual class time...so...8 hours.

SO! Based on this, I have 168 hours per week to complete 293 hours of responsibility. You know what that means? You cannot possibly be 100% at everything. It's IMpossible, if you will.

Here is how I make sure that everyone gets at least a little somethin from me.

Mother: I try and pick up my kids from daycare at least twice a week so we have Mommy/Baby time (is what we call it) to play and dance before business starts when Daddy gets home (dinner, bath, bedtime, etc.) I also have them all day Sat to myself where I try and find something fun to do together every weekend. Same with Sunday.

Wife: I suck at this. I need to get better. I realize as I write this that I too quickly assume that I can be a good wife later. But I will say that I try and cuddle with my husband at least once a day. I also try and send funny cute text messages throughout the day so he knows I think about his fineeee ass.

Friend: I get most of my friend time through work out time because I rock the buddy system at the gym. My girl Sarah and I are fitness class junkies and I get to count that as friend time. Besides physical fitness, I try and call a friend to catch up every couple days and on great weeks, I actually go out on the weekends. I know, it's exciting.

Daughter: Like I said, I call my Mom (or she calls me and demands to know what's wrong) and usually twice a month we hang out and do something with the kids. Everyone knows that once you have kids you are definitely playing second string to those little shorties in your parent's eyes. That's okay with me.

Sister: I suck at this. I need to do better at this.

Perfect Trainer: I have designated work hours, like most people. This takes no extra effort for prioritization on my behalf. I just go to work, and kick ass.

Healthy Woman: I try to minimally go 1 hr of zumba, 1 hr of pilates and do 1 hr of running/lifting. The zumba and pilates are scheduled for tues/thurs the running I just try and fit in wherever I can.

Student: Ah, this was tough. Thank God it's summer right now. This involved constant thought and focus so that I could remember tests, study and complete homework totally on my own. Which was hard even the first time I tried college. I wish I could say I was way better, but not yet. Stupid math class that I will never talk about again................

My "normal" day involves waking up at 6:30AM to get ready for work. This is where my fabulous husband comes in...he will usually make me breakfast and lunch for the day while I get ready. I try to spend at least 15 minutes sitting and talking to my kids in the morning and will usually be out the door by 8AM.

I get off work around 5:45PM, pick up the kids and hang out/dance/be silly until around 7:00PM when David gets home. On gym nights, David feeds the kids and puts them to bed. On non-gym nights we fight this battle together.

1/2 the time I am so exhausted I am in bed by 9pm (last night it was 8:30p, sheesh...). The other half of the time I try really hard to stay up and talk to my husband.

Just look at that schedule and try and imagine what I do when school is in session. Outrageous.

Writing all this out actually made me exhausted. I'm off work now and going to go pick up my kids. Tonight is Zumbaaaa so you can imagine my night exactly. Lucky you.