Today...

Was a pretty normal day.  Being a full time working mother of 2 children my days are absolutely jam packed but when I look back at them to see what I have accomplished the to do list has grown and three times as long as the completed list.  My day typical starts with me waking up around 5:00am,I take a shower, brush my teeth, do my hair and am out the door by 5:45.  I drive to work which usually takes me 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic.  Once I get to work I have meetings to attend, emails to tend to, copies to make, irate co-workers to placate.  That’s all pretty par for the course when you are an administrative assistant (that’s the fancy work for a secretary).  I cannot complain though I really do enjoy my job.  Microsoft is one of the best companies in the world to work for and I am blessed everyday by the opportunities Microsoft has provided for our family.  After I full day I leave the office by 3:30 (3:45 at the latest).  On my way home I usually have at least one or two errands to run, these usually consist of grabbing groceries for dinner, picking up a prescription, returning an item or in today’s case buying a new keyboard for our computer.  Then its 45 minutes to an hour going back to Sultan, I can’t complain about the drive as it gives me time to catch up on my gossip with whoever will answer my call (usually Heather, Linda, my Mom or Terence).  Once home I say hi to my boys put my stuff down and get dinner cooking, while that is happening I usually load the dishwasher, clean up some toys or wipe down the table that has inexplicably gotten sticky throughout the day.  Once dinner is done it’s time to clean the kitchen, spend some quality time with my boys (my favorite part of the day.  I wish I had more time for this!), then baths, jammies, prayer, scripture reading and bed time for the boys.  After they are settled in I run upstairs change and head to the pool for some cardio.  I try to swim at least three times a week.  Once I get back from the pool I have just enough time to spend an hour or so with Terence then it’s off to bed to get ready to do it all over again.  Of course this list does not include the time that I spend doing my calling or anything extra I have going on.  This is pretty standard day to day .

There are times when I sit back and think what the heck did I get done today?  But I feel truly blessed to have the life that I have and I would not trade it for anything!