Pat on the back

The days lately have been flying by. I didn't understand how a baby could make a person so much busier, but it's all becoming clear now. I still don't have any real defined routine, but here's a general schedule of how things used to go and how they go now:

old Schedule
7:00am- Wake up, maybe sleep in a few more minutes
7:15- Shower, get ready, eat breakfast
7:55- Leave for work (5 minutes away)
12:00pm- Lunch
5:00pm- Leave work
6:00-8:30- Teach class (2 days a week)/ Go grocery shopping/ Make and clean up dinner
9:00pm- home to relax...
10:00pm- Bed


5:30am- Wake up
Shower
Pump
Nurse if the baby wakes up
Eat breakfast while entertaining baby if she wakes up
Change diaper because baby would have surely blown it out if she has waken up
Wash and pack up the pump
Pack the diaper bag with enough diapers, wipes, bottles, don't forget the top to the bottle, hopefully I remembered to put the ice pack back in the freezer so its cold, remember the BabyRub and blue suction thing if baby is sick and throw in a couple toys
6:45- Get out of the house (only this early on a good day)
7:00- Drop baby off at one of the grandma's houses
7:20- Arrive at school
Grade papers, make copies, get ready for class
8:00am-10:00am- Teach
10:30- Visit Dani at grandma's house, eat lunch, pump or nurse
11:45- Leave for next class
12:00- Prepare, make copies, etc.
12:30- 2:30- Teach
2:30 - Check and answer emails
3:00- Pick up Dani
Grocery shopping, errands, take Amalia to the gym, phone calls, planning, grading, make dinner, nurse, pump, put on a load of laundry
5:30- Have dinner
Nuse, continue grading/planning while trying to entertain, feed, change, and bathe Danali for the rest of the night until we head to the bedroom around 9:00
9:00-10:00- sing songs, nurse, play until Dani and husband fall asleep
10:00-11:00- Try to grade those papers I never got to and fall asleep
2:00am- Feeding
4:00am- Feeding
5:30am- Start all over again...

Crazy and busy and yet oh so fulfilling... By about 11:00pm each night, I secretly give myself a pat on the back just for getting through another day- It may not seem like much but to me, it's always quite an accomplishment.