…to all the working moms out there.  I only work 20 hours.  And yet I failed to get dinner on the table once this past week.  Or stay on top of the laundry. Fortunately the house remained somewhat tidy (ok, ok, my cleaning lady did come on Wednesday, but still).

I will recap.  We had a great week.  Emma loves first grade and she loves her teacher.  Her teacher is awesome, very accommodating and super with communication!  Yay!  By far her favorite part of first grade is getting to play at the big playground.  It’s a big deal, you know.

Mason had a great first week as well.  He has the same teachers as last year since he’s still in the pre-K program.  This is a good thing because they’re awesome!  He’s making new friends, and he’s kept some friends from last year.  I told him that he’s one of the “older” kids in the classroom so he has to be a good example to the younger children.  And that he is!

I had a great first week!  Okay, I won’t lie.  We have some challenging kids.  ”Diamonds in the rough” if you will.  A handful of my new friends are a big rough around the edges.  But it’s only the first week.  Think of how they’ll be in the spring!  I can’t wait!  In fact, I asked the teacher (we’ll call her C, who is my college roommate) how long it takes before we are not constantly reminding and redirecting.  She said 2 months.  Eek.  K (the other teacher in our room (they job share)) (can I use that many parentheses?) said 4-5 months.  Double eek.  However, I am enjoying this new position and having fun with it.  I think it’s the perfect job for me!

Finding time to balance my workouts (okay, okay, what workouts?) and feeding my family at dinner has been the hardest challenge.  I am going to be whipping out that dusty crock pot for my dinners.  And as for working out?  I do see my trainer once a week after work.  But for those other days, I need to force myself out of bed around 5:00 or so.  I can totally do it.  I just need to.  Even if it’s 2 miles in the morning, it’s something that’s important to me!  Oh, and that notorious food journal that is a blessing and a curse? Starting it back up today.  I’ll be honest…summer screwed up my whole routine.

Anyway, this is my plan for the next few weeks.  To get those routines back under my belt.  Oh yeah, and blogging on top of all this?  It may not be 5 days a week, but I’ll still be here!  I hope you stop by for a visit!

What are your goals once the kids get back to school?

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