The Franks Family

The Franks Family

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

A day of working at home...

Yesterday was so crazy that I just feel the need to blog about it. I want to remember what a typical day of working from home is like. My mom is in town all week - thank goodness!! Here's what happened:

6:30 am - I woke up and nursed Roman

7:00 am - Change Roman's WET diaper, take Captain out, pump while eating breakfast and playing with Roman

7:30 am - Go on a walk with my mom, Roman, and Captain

8:00 am - Put Roman down for a nap and turn on computer and start replying to work emails

8:30 am - get on treadmill and run a mile then do crunches and stretch

9:15 am - take a quick shower and throw my wet hair up in a bun. Grab a cup of wonderful coffee

9:25 am - Wake up Roman and nurse him while working on some AutoCAD drawings on the computer

9:55 am - Throw Captain in the back bedroom and give Roman to my mom to play with him

10:00 am - lock myself upstairs while on a conference call so they can not hear the dog or baby. I put it on mute for most of the time. While on mute, I noticed that Roman had spit up on his sheet in his crib, so I proceed to change his sheet and get the laundry together for after the call.

10:30 am - Roman has his 2nd poopy diaper already for the day. After changing him, I try to play with him for a moment

10:45 am - Put Roman down for a nap

11:00 am - warm up a quick bite to eat for lunch and receive a phone call from EDS. "Can you come up here and pick up some plans that I need you to work on?" I respond, of course! Because that's what I have to do. I throw on a pair of jeans and drive to the office with wet hair and no makeup.

12:30 pm - Come home with 3 new projects (one of these includes 13 drawings that I need to create!) PANIC!!

12:35 pm - Try to nurse Roman while I start working on the computer. He won't nurse. Then he has another poopy diaper. My mom changes it while I continue to work. It has blood in it! Then he has another one! I call the doctor and they are on a lunch break until 1:30! Are you kidding me?! I continue to try to nurse while working. My mom takes Roman's temperature - good. So she plays with him while I work.

1:30 pm- Doctor definitely wants to see Roman. We schedule it for 3:40 pm. I continue to work.

2:00 pm - Roman goes down for a short nap while I work

2:45 pm - I wake Roman up and try to nurse him again. He then has another bloody diaper!

3:20 pm - We leave for the doctor. Yes, my hair is still fairly wet and I am in my pj pants.

3:45 pm - Doctor thinks it was just an inner tear in the skin and not to worry. But we did get the go ahead to give Roman solids twice a day now. I am told to re-think his schedule and try for only 5 bottles a day.

4:30 pm - Run to the grocery store to pick up some baby food for Roman. I plan to make it at home in the future, but this will work for now.

5:00 pm - My mom plays with Roman while I continue to work. I finally finish the 13 drawings, but my Internet quits working so I can't send them off. I'll deal with that later! I start cooking dinner

6:00 pm - nurse Roman then my mom feeds him his rice cereal while I cook dinner

6:30 pm - we sit down to a homemade meal of rice, shrimp, scallops, and veggies (it was fabulous!)

7:00 pm - My mom once again plays with Roman while I send off the drawings to EDS. I then get to enjoy Roman and my mom. We just play!

8:00 pm - I give Roman and bath and then we give him a bottle and put him to bed

9:00 pm - My mom is passing out on the couch wondering why she is tired! She goes to bed and I pump again

10:00 pm - I finally can relax and go to bed after getting all of the bottles ready for the next day and taking care of Captain.

Wow, it's non stop! The good news is that Roman is okay!!! Thank goodness my mom is here. Why can't she just move here?!

8 comments:

Lindsey Long said...

What a day!!! I'm so glad Roman is ok.

I feel the same way about my mom. Some days I want her to live here so bad I could cry!

Katie said...

Glad Roman is OK! And good job, Super-mom!

Ali said...

Wow that is quite a day. Moms are the best and, I feel the same as Lindsey - wish my Mom lived closer!

Kristin Myers said...

You are amazing....

Brandy said...

Wonder Woman... you amaze me... I'm sure your other days working from home wont be quite as hectic. But talk about good fortune having your mom there! Have a great week Ash!

Unknown said...

what a day!

amber said...

You're awesome! That is one busy day!! I'm so glad Roman is okay! I'm still impressed you were able to make that fabulous dinner!

Luke, Kristen and Pierce said...

Wow, Ashley! I'm tired for you just from reading that! :) Way to go, Supermom! Roman so lucky to have a momma who loves him so much.