Sitting right here in the middle of life.
It's pretty much just like I pictured it.
12 years of marriage to a fantastic guy. 2 elementary aged kids. a cat. a townhouse in a nice suburb of a large Metropolitan area (which happens to be Los Angeles). my parents nearby in the sweetest home. 23 years in my career. A minivan.
Here is a list of my current roles in life:
full time wife and mother
full time teacher of 24 four and five year olds
Girl Scout Leader
PTA teacher liaison
PTA Reflections Chairperson
School Site Council Member
New teacher Induction Support Mentor
swim mom
choir mom
band mom
scout mom (Girl and Boy)
soccer mom
tired yet?
The fact is I couldn't do it without my village. My husband, parents, neighbors, friends, colleagues and so many who help me do all this. Just today:
5 AM wake up before alarm to put in some laundry, prep breakfast and lunch, tidy, coffee/fb check, shower
6:30 kids wake up
7 AM husband attempts to facetime from China after his arrival only 6 hours earlier
7:10 we attempt skype when facetime doesn't work but have to reset password and just don't have a branch for that on my time management tree
7:30 head to school
7:50 kids assemble three bears cottage for me before first bell at 8:20(thank you!! see they are in my village too!)
8:20-12:35 teach TK
12:40-2:10 teach K (I do an ELD(English Language Development)group) and teach ELA(English Language Arts) to 10 K's that are in a split class
2:45-3:45 meet with new teacher induction partner
4:00-5:30 Mentor teacher meeting at Castaic Union school district 15 minutes across town
5:30 stop at Michael's to pick up poster making supplies for son's Student Council campaign posters (due Friday)
6:00 drive 15 minutes in opposite direction to North Park Elementary for Girl Scout Leader Meeting
6:40 to 6:50 multiple phone calls from North Park office phone to parents' cells to check on kids since I forgot my phone at school
7-8:30 Girl Scout Leader Meeting
8:50 arrive home (gas tank of said minivan just lit up on empty) to sweep kids up in my arms and brief my dedicated parents on tomorrow's afterschool schedule and dinner plan (art class, soccer practice, School Site council meeting for mom)
9:00 tuck kids in and grab glass of New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
9:08 sit down just in time for Modern Family (which i NEVER get to watch at its actual time)
9:10 begin this blog post
Next I will work on creating invitations for the Reflections Awards Ceremony, sending permission slips to troop consultant for approval for next week's campfire event, and sending leader meeting notes to other troop leaders, plus planning for Sunday's Girl Scout meeting and emailing Reflections judges.
phew!! if you've read this far you might need a glass of wine too! Thanks for reading my slice of life!
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