Very UN-TYPICAL Day in my life ......

.... in which everyone gets school done on a Monday!! This is nothing short of a miracle. Here's how my day went and why I am so surprised at its outcome. This is NOT to make anyone feel bad or lead anyone to think that I have it all together. Otherwise, the title would be "Typical." LOL!!

4:45 am Wake up because Kolbe & Catherine come crying into bedroom.
4:47 am Realize that alarm was supposed to go off at 5:15am *sigh*
4:49 am Decide to get out of bed. Might as well.
4:50am Try to convince Kolbe and Catherine to stay in bed.
5:15am Head out the door WITH Kolbe and Catherine to my parents. They are flying to Boston and need a ride to the airport. That is the ONLY reason I would ever wake up this early.

Stop at McDonald's for coffee and two chocolate milks.

5:30am Arrive at parents' house and wait in car for 10 minutes until they are ready.
6:30am Get back home. Both children are STILL awake. *sigh*

6:30-6:45 am Debate whether I should wake up the girls for mass.
6:45 am Wake up three older girls. Kolbe goes to sleep.
7:30 am Arrive early for mass and say ENTIRE rosary (LOL!! Shock locals that we're on time!!)
8:00 am Mass starts. Isabelle gets to serve since she was there early enough.
8:45 am Run to Target to pick up a sweet to celebrate Blessed Virgin Mary's Bday.
9:30 am Say bye to Craig as he heads out the door to drive to Austin.
10 am START SCHOOL (This is super late *sigh*)

**At this point I figure that anything we get done today is extra because we got to mass and I had to wake up at such an outrageous time. I tell myself I'm not going to sweat it.**

10-11:30 am Isabelle does math, science and Latin. Anna does math, history & science quiz.
11-11:30am I read to Sophia & Kolbe. I start falling asleep during the last book. I just CAN NOT stay up any more.

I call a recess and the girls abandon the school room. Chaos ensues upstairs as I try to take a nap on the sofa. I yell up several times for everyone to be quiet and to shut the door. I hear my cell phone go off at noon to remind us to pray The Angelus. I shut it off and continue my nap.

12:45am Woken up because kids are hungry. I tell them to eat a fruit and eat yesterday's spinach stuffed bread.

1:00 pm Wake up, eat lunch and tell kids they have 15 minutes to get back to school.

1:30 pm Isabelle and Anna do spelling.
2:00 pm Isabelle does memory work, religion and English. Anna does memory work & English.
3:00 pm We're done!! Well, not really. I still need to home school Kolbe and finish w/ Sophia. But I plan to do that during swim practice tonight. And the girls need to practice the piano BUT the baby is sleeping. She finally crashed around 2pm.

I'm amazed! And I need to go do some laundry now!! Maybe another miracle can occur today and it gets all done?? LOL!!

Who knew I would be happy to get up so early this morning? Originally, Craig was going to take my parents to the airport. But when he told me he was worried about being too tired to drive to Austin AND back after getting up so early, I made a rash decision to take his place. I hate when he drives tired. He slept in and woke up refreshed. And I feel better knowing he's on the road with a good sleep. Isn't it funny how God can reward the normally slothful. LOL!!

Anyone need a ride tomorrow morning????