Pre DS

Out of bed at 6am. Into the bathroom for hair & makeup extravaganza (travel coffee optional). Exit bathroom around 6.45. Scrounge for uniform for 5 minutes. Check self out in mirror- more scrounging. Check self out again, repeat as necessary. More coffee and a quick cigarette. Flap around the house doing god knows what for 15minutes........ Leave for work around 7.30, spend the 30min drive smoking as many cigarettes as I can before I hit the office. Arrive at work 8am. More coffee.

Post DS

Out of bed between 3.30 and 6am for the morning bottle. Back to bed for as long as he allows me. Alarm goes off at 6.15. Snooze. Alarm goes off at 6.30. Snooze. Alarm goes off at 6.45. Snooze. You get the idea. So I'm up somewhere between 6 and 7am. Rush to toilet myself and brush my teeth before getting DS out of his cot. Bum change, wardrobe change, playtime in the boudoir while mummy beautifies herself. (straighten hair if I'm lucky and slap my face on quickly) 7.15-7.30, my suit of armour is on and I'm ready for the office. Take DS downstairs for playtime and his brekky snack (usually a bloody biscuit because he's obsessed... lol) while I get the kindy bag ready. Possibly grab myself some lunch if I have time. (I usually don't!) 7.50 drag 2 heavy bags and a heavy toddler to the car. 8am arrive at kindy and do the dropoff. 8.15am I'm at my desk. Coffee! Look busy for half an hour. More coffee. around 9am I'm awake and ready to kick some butt, office style. LOL.

The main parts which are different are the chainsmoking and epic hairstyles. Now it's more of a ninja-style 'get ready really fast and silently' type of caper. I wouldn't want to move suddenly or fart or anything and set off the chain reaction of screaming and crying. From DS that is. I do miss that simpler time....................... and my complicated hairdo of years gone by though. And then the little cherub smiles and I remember why I made him.