A "normal" day in the life of me...

It started with a call from a friend in need. She and her husband both had to leave the house @ 5 a.m. and they needed K2 to stay the night, get the kids (K, M, B) ready in the morning and asked if I could get K and M to school and B to daycare. Sure! What are friends for! So K2 stays the night and I show up at 7 a.m. K2 is first to school because if she misses the bus at the High School, then I have to drive her to New Bern! We get her to the High School about 7:30. Next K and M go to AWE, but can't be dropped off until 7:45, so we hang out in the parking lot until it's time to get them in school. Then B and I go to Wal Mart to waste some time because he can't be dropped off until 8:15. I got lunch out of the deal and B got a new hot wheels car! We get B to daycare, then back to their house to drop off the booster seats so mom can pick them all up from school in the afternoon. All this and I am only 15 min late for work (arriving @ 8:45 with permission from the wonderful boss!) Today I only worked until 1:30 and while not a busy day, it was hectic with picky people who want something for nothing and then try to complain, but I just kept smiling and making it right :) (only making faces when I was in the back LOL). The reason I only worked til 1:30 is because K1 K2 K3 and K4 had dentist appointments beginning at 3:30. After criss-crossing Havelock all morning (friends we helped live on opposite side of town than we do, High School is on our side of town, AWE back on other side of town, B daycare in the middle, then back to their house for the booster seat drop off, then off to Morehead) I drove to New Bern (where K2 goes to school) to pick her up so I could be back in Havelock (half way between Morehead and New Bern for those not in this area - mom :) ) in time to pick up neighbor carpool child and K3 and K4 for the dentist. I get to New Bern, K2 is taking End of Class test in Geometry so I wait as long as I can and end up leaving K2 in New Bern and getting back to Havelock just before police are called for abandoned school children (not really, but it makes it exciting!) all the while it is pouring rain... after picking them up, I drop K3 and K4 off at the dentist, explain why K2 will not be here ( I love our dentist office, they didn't make a face or anything when I cancelled one appt at the last minute! - esp. when they heard what I have been through up to this point LOL!) and then go get K1 from the High School. We make it back to the dentist. I actually got to sit for a few minutes! K3 and K4 have 2 cavities each... gggrrrrr but K1 is cavity free once again! YAY!! We are all finally done just in time to pick K2 up from the High School where the bus drops her off after school and make it home about 5:30. After a quick potty break I was back out the door to fill up the gas tank and pick up the pizza for dinner. Tonight will definitely be an early night for me!! Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday! and WOOHOO the hubby is coming home for a visit! Oh, and he was supposed to get his check up Monday, but due to the work schedule had to cancel his appt, so now K2 will be taking his spot on Monday... @ 10... so now I am pretty much only working T and Th next week due to a gazillion appts... poor K2... dentist Monday, Orthodontist and Neurologist Weds and then just my dr appt on Fri... it will be kind of nice to have them out of school and a little break from all the activities... I think the car will be glad too! Oh and I am kind of freaking because there are only 14 days til CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!