Day 1 of on my own

Today is the first day of my 5 day stretch without my husband around. There are negatives and positives to this situation and this morning it was obvious I cannot do it all by myself. So, my morning schedule was as follows....6:45am, get up and get Ryan moving....breakfast, check homework, make his lunch, blah, blah, blah. Take him to his friend's house to walk to school, come back home pick up Ali and Jack, have Ali feed Jack in the car while driving her to school. 7:45am: coming home from dropping Ali off, listening to poor Jack burping himself in the back seat. Pull up to house, pick up Jake (our dog), take Jake to the groomers, go to the bank, make deposit, drive to tire place, wait for way too long to drop off my car while holding a 25 pound baby, a carseat, and a diaper bag. 8:30am: spend 20 minutes trying to figure out how to get my carseat into someone else's car that I'm borrowing while my car gets new tires.....9:00: call the dentist and cancel appointment that I was crazy to schedule for myself today, 9:15am: back home, throw Jack in his high chair with some cheerios, turn on Sesame Street, and head out to the side of the house to clean up the dog poo and hose it all down while Jake is gone. 9:30: vacuum whole downstairs while Jack is starting to squirm, 9:45: Put Jack down for morning nap.
And here I am. Now that may not have sounded like much but usually Doug and Jack have their little morning time and I don't have to do all that while dealing with a baby. So, I was really missing my husband this morning. Thank goodness Ali is such a big help because I think I would have thrown in the towel! I have a new respect for single moms!