How do single moms do it?

Sometimes I really amaze myself. It's too bad that such beauteous accomplishment comes at an exhausting price. I put the kids to bed a few minutes ago, a relieving end to a day full of activity. Let me explain. I am hosting my sister's bridal shower tomorrow...at my mother's house. So, not only did I have to get all the food and games put together today, but I had to assemble them all in neat little packages to take over to my mom's in the morning and set up for the party. Here's a little list of what I did today:

• Go to Wal-Mart for stuff, with the kids
• Go to Sam's Club for stuff, with the kids
• Drop the cold food off at home and (thankfully) leave the kids home with Husband
• Go to Albertson's for a few items
• Get home and take care of lunch (Husband helped feed kids, but I made him a sandwich while juggling the rest of it)
• Put kids to bed
• Assemble games and prizes for the shower
• Say goodbye to Husband, who will be gone the rest of the evening
• Kids get up from naps too early and are still cranky
• Arrange all party food in the kitchen for easy access
• Kids are still cranky so we have early dinner
• Yeah, dinner for two helpless miniatures...use your imagination
• Make brownies and accidentally leave vegetable oil container badly sealed and in reach of The Talker
• Clean up vegetable oil mess
• Trim and cube 5 pounds of chicken breast
• Cook chicken on the stove (for yummy chicken quesadilla lunch tomorrow)
• Get brownies out of the oven
• Bathe Blue eyes
• Bathe The Talker
• Wash a sink full of dirty dishes
• Play with kids for a few minutes
• Put kids to bed
• Sigh -- deeply --

Oh, and did I mention that someone has hired me to ghostwrite a book? They need to turn a screenplay into a novel and I'm the person for the job. The first 20 pages are due for review on Monday.