One Thousand Little Things

There are a thousand and one reasons why I feel like I never get anything done. Of course, there are the obvious ones like laundry, food preparation, my {non paid} internship, that final push for that M.Ed, and, of course, children, but there are a ton of tiny little things that suck me dry every day. Let's review:

1. Paper sorting/ signing/ responding/ trashing/ filing- completed schoolwork from children, fundraisers, assemblies, junk mail.
2. Scheduling and maintaining the calendar- birthdays, dentist and doctor appointments, speech sessions, gymnastics classes, soccer/basketball practices & games, on and on and on it goes.
3. Childcare- since I work part time this must be specifically scheduled weekly, prepared for, and paid for. Constantly.
4. The never ending job of dealing with children's clothes- sorting, changing over of seasons, what fits and doesn't fit.
5. Table wiping, chair wiping, nose wiping, tear wiping, butt wiping.
6. Snow gear - getting 3 kiddos ready to leave the house when the temps are single digits is ridiculous.  Snow pants, snow jackets, boots, hats, snow mittens, scarfs.  And then they change their minds a half a dozen times.  No exaggeration.
7. Picking up- toys, children, socks, shoes, papers, clothes, pillows, messes.
8. On my laptop - personal email, M.Ed email, M.Ed discussion chats several times a week, job applications, blogging (although not a chore, but sometimes its just too much).  Being on the computer too much. 
9. Dishes. Washing, loading the dishwasher, emptying the dishwasher, loading, emptying. That dishwasher is running endlessly.
10. Telling someone to do something for the second, third, fourth time. Enough said.
11. Other people's hygiene. Face washing, hand washing, butt wiping, dressing, toothbrushing, toothbrushing supervision, hair brushing, bathing, hair washing, lotion applying, diaper changing, underwear changing advising.