What do you mean it's not Friday

So B is in California for the week. So that means pick up and drop off are all me. Tuesday we get up, everyone gets dressed with no problems, and we get out the door with no incidents at all (which is something of a miracle in and of itself) I drop off A and drive to day care to drop off the girls. I think to myself "Wow- I might even make it to work on time and I won't have to rush during drop offs" As I swiped my access card in the day care parking lot gate I realize that something was missing...

No, not one of the kids
but K's bag that has her blanket and food in it. Now the food we could live without since there is an extra stash they require parents to bring in case the kids are "extra hungry" I now know it is really in case "your mom is an idiot and forgot your bag even though it was sitting right by the door" But the blanket is a drop dead necessity- otherwise sleep would be out of the question. So we drive all the way back home (20 minutes), grab the bag (right where I left it by the door) and drive back. I got to work 45 minutes late...

Then since B is the coach of X's soccer team he promised I would bring the practice jerseys to practice. In what world was I going to be able to pick up all 4 kids, drive home, change a couple of diapers, wrestle shin guards and soccer socks into soccer shoes and get to the practice with the stuff (and kids and related kid gear) by 6:15. Not even bending the laws of time and space was I going to make it on time. Sure enough, I got there at 6:23. But otherwise Tuesday was uneventful

Then came Wednesday. It did start with everyone getting to where they needed to be WITH all their supplies and I made it to work within 10 minutes of when I should have. Now I teach preschool special ed and today was the first day of school. It was a hot day- we are now having a contest in the building to see whose classroom is the hottest during the day.

I'm gonna win! We have a wall of south facing windows that butt up against the asphalt parking lot. We only have 2 (okay 4 now since I "acquired" 2 from other parts of the building- why exactly does the copier need the biggest fan in the building?) but we have to keep the door shut or the preschoolers will wander out. Since I went to college to be a teacher and not a doorman- we keep the door shut. This means there is no cross breeze. We measured the temp after the kids left and the door had been open about an hour and it was 98 degrees in the room (which is 6 degrees hotter than outside) I have no doubt that during the day, with that door shut, it was well over 105 degrees. Where's that darn OSHA when you need them. The kids drank over 3 gallons of water. At that rate it is going to cost me $$$$$ to keep the water cooler stocked.

Then, the day ends, and we finally go to get everyone picked up. Now the logical (from a distance/time view) way is to get the girls and then A, but that means that I have to get all 3 little kids out of (and back into) car seats when we get A. Or I can get A and then go get the girls (X is at my school so he is already with me) I decide to get A first. We are running late due to some problems at work. I have a 7pm meeting and the babysitter is coming at 6:30- it is 5:10 and I have 40 minutes of drive time plus however long pickup takes. We get to day care and go to get K. Now the infant rooms at the center do not allow shoes in the room (so the babies on the floor don't get into messy shoe dirt) I leave both boys outside the door, where I can see them through a window and go get K. A has my big set of car keys. Next thing I know, X is on the floor crying and when he stands up blood is pouring down his face from a (small) cut above his eye. Apparently for reasons only he will understand, A threw the keys at X and hit him. Now I have to spend time stopping the bleeding. Once that is done it is 5:40 , we go get D and as her teacher puts on her shoes I hear "Did you pee through your diaper" Luckily her teacher was willing to change her. We finally get into the car- it is 6:00. I look down and notice a light on the dashboard is lit up. Yep, i'm out of gas..... we did make it to a gas station and the rest of the day was uneventful We did get home before the babysitter arrived (about 30 seconds before) but hey some days are like that.

I really hope tomorrow is less "interesting"