I Never Thought

Before I had kiddos of my own, I never thought that I would:

• wake up every single morning by 6:30.


• consider sleeping until 7 "sleeping in"
  
• be able to function with almost no sleep night after night after night for about the first six months of their lives.


• have toys in almost every single room of my house ( I used to think that people that kept toys almost all over the house were messy or unorganized - ha, little did I know)


• sweep and mop the kitchen floor at least 2 times a day.


• have adult conversations in 10 second bursts.


• forget how to have an adult conversation


• look forward to the 'wait' in the Dr.'s office so that I can have a little bit of peace and quiet to read my book or magazine. ( I was actually upset this last time I went in to see the Dr. because I was in and out in an hour).


• place all my phone calls in the car while running errands.


• forget to take a shower and sometimes brush my teeth (okay, that was when they were newborns).


• order online - and wish that more stores offered online service.
• have company everywhere that I go - even in the most private places (shower, potty)


• actually use curbside service at restaurants, dry cleaners.


• buy gallons of milk weekly


• pack up heavy equipment, bags of essential baby items, booster seats etc., for a 30 minute outing with the girls. (it actually takes longer to pack up the stuff than the actual outing itself).


• have to run the dishwasher every single day.


• pack up heavy equipment, bags of essential items, walk around holding the girls' hands, hunched over, end up with a backache, just to see them smile.


• make plans around nap time.


• think that people that use the drive thru service and don't have kids are just being lazy (they need to be reserved for mothers of small children).
• have a list this long!