I’m an organized person who generally has everything planned
out to a tee. That being the case, I
find it so frustrating that no matter what I do, the ten minutes prior to
getting out the door are always ridiculously hectic. My life would probably be easier
if I just gave in to the madness and allowed myself to be late but being late
is pretty much unacceptable in my world. Instead, I run around like a maniac
yelling “We’re going to be late!!” at the kids. My frazzledness has no effect
on them and they continue to get ready at a snail’s pace. Now I’ve tried
multiple things in order to help reduce the stress level. I lay out everyone’s
clothes and have my bag packed with essential items the night before. I have a
list of any last minute things that I need to grab before we leave. We are up at least an hour and a half (sometimes
much longer) before we have to go anywhere in the morning. Yet, no matter what
I do something always inevitably comes up. Common occurrences are: one of the
boys poops, it takes Isabelle ten times longer to brush her teeth than normal, Henry
insists on trying to put his shoes on himself, etc. So I try to anticipate these
problems and give ourselves a ten minute buffer to accommodate. Sure enough
though, even with the buffer it never seems to work out stress free. Today’s
hiccup was on top of a last minute necessary diaper change, I also had to find
the ice scraper for the first time this season. That damn ice scraper totally
screwed me over!! Now, of course, we
were still completely on time to drop Isabelle off for preschool yet I had to
run around like a chicken with my head cut off. I would love (and I’m sure Tim
would, too) if I could be able to get out of the house stress free and without
having to snap at someone. Does anyone have the magic solution for me?
