Do Not Resuscitate! The 1 2 3s of Back to School

Lola has only been in school for 4 days and I am already wiped out. My weekdays now begin with a 6:15 wakeup, followed by a mad rush out the door an hour or so later, and then the long, long day at home without my Lola and with a bored, cranky, demanding Eva. (Next week she will be starting preschool 3 mornings a week, and then I will have another baby to miss.) By the time the girls are in bed, I am sleepwalking! So far this week, I have enjoyed:
1 Episode of Mommy Brain, when, while shuffling through some papers this morning, I spotted a paper from Eva’s preschool reminding me of my meet the teacher appointment at 9:30. It was 9. Mad rush ensues.
2 Potty accidents (Lola and Eva – in the same day): Neither of them ever have accidents, and Lola’s happened in the last few minutes of her school day. When I picked her up, she was wearing her ragtag backup outfit.
3 am wakeup call, from Lola, a couple of nights ago. She ended up in our bed, where she smacked Kevin in the face periodically to wake him up, asking loudly: “Is it morning yet?”
This week has been filled with other memorable moments, like learning that Lola’s pink/navy/red heart print socks from Gymboree defy the dress code, or talking to a group of coaches about the benefits of social media on speakerphone while driving to pick Lola up from school, with Eva asking me a steady barrage of questions from the back seat, and strapping a screaming, uncooperative Eva in my friend Erin’s car (in a car seat, of course) for a trip with the girls to an antique mall, where Eva proceeded to claim an old, dingy, dirty stuffed Mickey, which I was then forced to buy.
To add to the litany of complaints:
I am scrambling to plan a fashion shoot for next week, and praying that enough clothes come in tomorrow for a fitting Sunday afternoon.
I am out of conditioner and deodorant.
We need milk.
And even though things seem particularly nutty and tiring and unproductive right now, my girls are happy and healthy, the hurricane has passed us by, and I am blessed. Always. : )
Hope you feel the same way during the crazy, chaotic rush of back to school week!