My Day

In my profile I described myself as a fulltime mother, wife, and employee. Therefore, I thought I'd let you in on a day in life with Kristi Duncan....

5:30am- first alarm goes off...I turn it off
5:45am-second alarm goes off...I turn if off...I have a total of 3 alarms that go off because most of the time I'm so exhausted and in a deep sleep, I've at times (too many) turned off my alarm and woke up late.
6:00am- third alarm goes off and I finally get up, shower and make coffee
6:15am- Connor wakes up and I turn on the TV and make him breakfast
6:30am- Still getting ready, tell Jason it's time to get up, go layout Connor's clothes
6:45am- almost done getting ready, Camryn wakes up, make her breakfast (after asking her for 5 minutes what she wants and she finally tells me cereal no milk. Which I'm against but at this point I just want her to eat so I can finish getting ready.....Jason gets up.
7:00am- finished getting ready, pack Connor's snack and lunch, Connor is getting dressed.
7:00-7:30- Get my lunch together, get Camryn Dressed and head out the door. At 7:20 Jason took Connor to school.
8:00am- Get to Camryn's school, drop her off after several minutes of hugging and kissing, she drags this out, which Jason has told me several times she doesn't pull this act with him. Of course I've made it clear it's hard for me to let go too :(
8:15am- arrive at work
9:00am-12:00pm- Meetings
12:00-1:00pm- attend a lunch with a group at JCP called Wings- it's a commitee with Successful Women with JC Penney's. Great meeting, very uplifting.
1:00-3:00pm- more meetings.
3:00-5:15pm- Desk Time
5:15pm- Leave work to pick up Camryn then head to our friend Amy's who takes care of Connor after school.
6:15pm- Get home with Connor and Camryn. While they are winding down and having Play time, I jump on the treadmill for 20minutes. Feels Great!
6:45-7:10pm- The kids eat dinner, and dessert while watching TV. I'm eating a salad standing at the counter, going through the mail, the kids folders, Camryn says Mommy, please come eat with us. Can't resist and sit down with my children to eat. A moment I always cherish. Jason has a bike ride tonight with work so he will be home late, or typically he would be home soon eating as well. I start the kids bath, while it's filling up I test Connor on his weekly spelling words. He of course gets them all right :)
7:10-7:30pm- Kids are in bath. I'm unloading back packs, getting them ready for the next day, cleaning up after dinner.
7:40pm- Everyone is in thier pj's and Connor is reading us his book for school that he has to read every night, then he has to write one sentence he has learned about his book. His sentence is "Spiders can live on web's."
7:45pm- set TV on Blue's Clues for Camryn and I tuck Connor in and pray with him and rub his back as he falls asleep.
8:00pm- Get Camryn in bed, read and rub her back...this takes a little bit longer to put Camryn to bed since she is still taking naps. Not sure what time she went to sleep because I fall asleep and wake up at 9:00pm. Jason called at 8:40 to say he is on his way home.
9:00pm-Clean the kitchen, Jason walks in at 9:10 :)
9:15pm- Finally sit down to relax and watch some TV..while I read "The Brand Gap" required for work, which must be completed by Friday.
10:00pm- get on blog and now going to try and watch some more TV with Hubby and unwind...will probably fall asleep on the couch.

Wow, i'm even more exhausted when I see my typical day written out. People often ask me how I do it, they don't see how it's possible. Not going to lie, if I didn't have a career before I had Connor and Camryn I would be at home with them. But, I love what I do at JC Penney's, I've worked very hard to be where I'm at and I wouldn't trade being a mother or a wife either. My children and Jason are my passion, everything thing I do, I do for them. It is my purpose in life to be a good Christian, Mother and Wife and I know I'm good at all 3.
Goodnight....