If you check out this website http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superwoman you will see superwoman in 1964 was actually an evil character against another woman, Wonder Woman, none the less. Wonder woman was always depicted as good, but call an amazing super powered woman whatever you will I know she isn't evil AND she is real.
She is not one woman however and she has many more superpowers than listed in any comic or storybook because they have it all wrong! I admire a LOT of woman especially of course my Mother who is so selfless that she has over the years put herself in lots of crazy situations just to make us children happy/healthy. I also see a lot of my friends who I admire because they go superwoman/wonder woman on the world trying to figure out how to balance being a woman in this crazy world with children or without children I think these women can do anything if they set their mind on doing it. We are so driven sometimes to obtain our goals that sometimes it is misconstrued as being emotional, unreliable, and other undesirable words I have heard as I listen to my friends/family tell me about their life. The truth is that these women are remarkable - YOU are remarkable for all that you do to make positive change in this world... so SUPER it up ladies!! :)
Just a little more info on this subject just for a longer read:
The following movie called I don't know how she does it is really cute and shows some real life issues with being a working Mom:
What is a Homemaker/stay at home Mom worth? A few of my friends posted this interesting article on their Facebook page What is a Homemaker/Stay at home Mother worth Article
Now I am a stay at home mom (I HATE that term btw) which I have been doing for a year now, but I was a working mother for a year too (which I still work trust me). I don't think I'm all that different from a lot of other women out there as far as schedule is concerned so I thought I would post my daily rounds for all to see:
Before Baby (M-F):
6am Wake up get ready for work
7am Leave house to get to work
8-noon work
noon-1pm lunch
1-5pm (or later depending on meetings) work
5pm drive home
6pm dinner with husband
7-10pm workout, clean house, spend time with husband, laundry, volunteer with several organizations, work on my Masters, read, journal, and whatever else I needed/wanted to do
10pm Bed
When I was a working mom this was my routine:
5:30am - wake up get myself ready and usually dinner ready in the crock pot unless we were having leftovers
6:30am - wake my baby up get him ready
7:00am drive baby to daycare
7:15-7:30am drive to work (crying)
8am-noon work (break at 9 to pump because I was nursing my baby)
Noon - eat Lunch in car on the way to go back to daycare to nurse baby
1pm-5pm or later Back to work (break at 3 to pump)
5:30pm pick baby up from daycare
6pm home to get dinner ready
6:30pm dinner
7-8pm play with baby/talk to husband
8-9pm (or whenever it happened IF it did happen) put baby to bed
9-midnight or later pack bags for next day, clean house, pay bills, laundry, and whatever needed to be done!
1am nurse baby and get him back to sleep
2-5:30am sleep
REPEAT
Now my routine (M-F no breaks and no sick days - oh after 21 months not nursing anymore):
7am wake up with baby
7:30am pickup house
8am prepare breakfast
8:30am eat breakfast
9am clean up from breakfast
9:30-10:30am get me and baby ready together - very interesting
10:30am "school" time and free play in our playroom
11am-noon errands
Noon Prepare lunch
12:30pm eat lunch
1pm start the nap time process - sounds simple right? :)
2pm or whenever baby is sleeping get anything done around the house in the undetermined amount of time I can laundry/pay bills/clean bathrooms/ect
2:30 or 3 or 3:30pm baby up ready to run with more energy go outside/go to pool/play in playroom
4pm snack time
4:30pm start thinking about what I am going to cook for dinner while picking up a few messes missed during the day especially if we are inside
5pm cook dinner
6pm get dinner on table so family can eat
6:45pm clean up dinner, clean floors, try to finish anything that I didn't do during nap time (laundry/cleaning/bills/etc)
8pm start the bedtime process
8:30pm bath time
9:30pm put baby to bed - very misleading might be an oxymoron even
10:30pm hopefully baby is asleep and I can have a few moments to take a shower/read CNN/watch a movie/paint my nails or do anything to relax UNLESS 1. the baby is still awake and 2. If I did not finish all my errands/chores during the day if not I might run to the store or be doing chores
Midnight - Insomnia so I might balance the checkbook, blog, clean out cars, dust baseboards, stand on my head... you get the point go crazy
3am on occasions baby will wake up so bedtime process starts again :)
3-3:30am get some sleep finally
REPEAT
It is now 4am WAY past my normal bedtime going to go get into my routine!!
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