2012 Off to a Great Start (?)

My first big meeting of 2012 was bright and early Thursday morning. I was, as usual, in a rush. Despite my vows to myself to begin the new year being “less rushed,” I was, unfortunately, just as rushed as I was ‘last year’. Any working mom knows the morning craze: trying to get everyone up and out the door for the day (including self), frantically trying to apply mascara while pro-actively working to avoid a toddler tantrum and re-actively shouting “hurry up! we’re not going to be late today!”, screaming to the kids to “brush your teeth!” while screwing on the top of my coffee travel mug and clearing breakfast bowls off the table all at the same time, packing lunch boxes and backpacks and work-bags and everything else. You get the drift; it is just crazy. My meeting was an important one, and with some big-wigs, but casual dress was appropriate, since we are still officially-in-between-semesters. In my mad-rush-to-get-everyone-up-and-out-the-door, I somehow, unbeknownst to me, put two different shoes on my feet. It wasn’t until after the meeting, as I was walking back to my car, that I happened to look down and realize that I had different Danskos on each foot. I just about died. After I swallowed my pride, I laughed at myself, and then took this picture in the parking lot. My kids were all dressed to a ‘T’ that day, but me… as usual… I was lacking in the fully-put-together department. 2012 is off to a great start for this working mom (note: sarcasm).