12 midnight - woken by 6 y/o child on fire, give motrin
3:30 - woken to 6 y/o hallucinating
5:30 - woken by 4 y/o climbing in bed and chatting
6:30 - drag self from bed (child still chatting)
6:35 - set 6 y/o up on couch, give motrin
6:45 - notice it is light enough we no longer need porch light in a.m. - YAY!
6:50 - shove oldest child on bus (child still chatting)
7:00 - return phone call
7:05 - make 3 more phone calls (1 to hubby to run errand, 1 to mother to take child to preschool, 1 to RSVP to child's birthday party)
7:10 - 4 y/o falls from counter while getting cereal bowl - screaming ensues
7:20 - start laundry (child back to chatting)
7:45 - field phone call from friend
8:00 - call dr. to see if 8 y/o should be checked for mono (child still chatting)
8:15 - call mom to ask to watch 6 y/o while I take one to dr. then school and 1 to preschool
8:20 - more laundry (STILL CHATTING)
8:40 - put on SpongeBob DVD for feverish 6 y/o
8:45 - leave for dr. etc.
9:00 - explain to dr. why 4 y/o looks like he's been in a barroom brawl (dark bruise on left ear from collision with piano last night, black eye/cheek from counter incident)
9:35 - drop off preschooler & 3rd grader, explain why late to school
9:50 - home again (need more coffee - much more, possibly nap)
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