Pity Party!

My name is Molly and I have a lot on my plate. Let me tell you about it.
1. Full time job
2. A baby
3. A husband
4. A myriad of hobbies that get neglected (listed below)
5. I’m taking a class that will hopefully help get me into Nursing School

Now let me give you a run-down of a typical day for me:
1. 5:00AM – Get up and work out for 30 minutes
2. 6:00AM – Get Derek up and in the shower/Get baby up, changed and dressed
3. 6:25AM – Pass off baby and take shower/get ready for work
4. 6:45AM – Hurry up and fix coffee and breakfast for the road while baby fusses at me from the Pack N Play or while daddy sighs and holds fussy baby (continually trying to hurry me along)
5. 7:03AM – Load everyone/thing in the car and head on down the road
6. 7:30AM – Drop baby off at day care
7. 7:45AM – Arrive at work
8. 8:00 – 11:30AM – Work
9. 11:30 – 12:30PM – Lunch
10. 12:30-1:50PM – Work
11. 2:00-2:50PM – Class
12. 3:00-5:00PM – Work
13. 5:00-5:30PM – Car ride home
14. 5:30PM -7:00PM – Love on the baby, get baby changed, make baby dinner, feed baby, love on the baby, play or go for walk with baby, bathe baby, love on the baby, give baby bottle and put baby down for the night.
15. 7:00PM – Start working on dinner for mommy and daddy
16. 7:30PM – Eat dinner and begin the process vegetating until bedtime.
17. 9:30PM – Bed. Time. Usually.

I have a list of hobbies that I’ve collected over the years that get neglected due to the above schedule…or my short attention span.
1. Quilting
2. Crocheting
3. Writing
4. Reading trashy novels (like the True Blood or Stephanie Plumb series’)
5. Creating awesome websites
6. Blogging
7. Day dreaming
8. Reading up on religion
9. Shopping
10. Cooking (see: eating)
11. Baking (see: eating)
12. Exercising
13. Photography
14. Watching movies
15. Listening to music
16. Playing music
17. Spending time with family (this one is my favorite and I’m grateful for that.)

These are things that are currently on my TO DO list:
1. Put check for mortgage in the mail.
2. Make hotel reservations in Vegas
3. Order mom and dad’s Christmas presents on Amazon (and think of some additional, more meaningful things)
4. Assemble veggie lasagna for dinner (check!)
5. Find a good travel backpack for adventure to Las Vegas/Utah
6. Get this blog posted (Check!)