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Even Super Mom Needs a Break
Finding Time for You
By Lisa Marie Metzler
The day starts out as usual. I manage to get three cranky children out the door and drive them to school. I arrive home to a blinking answering machine, a ringing business phone and our adorable new puppy marking his territory – for the second time this morning. 
After I answer the phone and return some calls, I gulp down cold coffee and eat the remnants of what I hope was my daughter's leftover bagel. A shower is next on my agenda, usually my 10 minutes of peace, but our puppy yelps at the shower door as soon as I close it.
The telephone rings again. It is my son, pleading for me to deliver his assignment he left "somewhere" in his room. With wet hair and little make-up, I deliver the paper and drive home to find the answering machine blinking again. My daughter isn't feeling well and would like to come home. After retrieving her and settling her with pillows, blankets and a juice box, I return to my duties: preparing for one of two parent meetings at school this week.
Things are looking good until I get a phone call from my husband requesting I type and fax a mega amount of important documents to his associate. No problem. Make more coffee, check on sick daughter, clean up another puppy mess.
It's time to pick up my middle son and then drive to another school to pick up my oldest son for a doctor's appointment. However, my oldest isn't waiting in the car pool line to be picked up. I search the school and make some phone calls, only to learn he rode the bus home. I re-schedule the appointment and drive the 15 miles to pick up him up.
We leave the doctor's office much later than expected, pick up a prescription and groceries. I manage to fix dinner and leave for the parent meeting. Unfortunately, I forget to check my appearance and show up with a stain on my shirt and later realize I applied mascara to only one eye. By 10 p.m., I meet my husband on the couch. He gives me a "the wink." I say, "You must be kidding," – and collapse.
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