'The Working Mom’s Day' by Melissa Anderson

5 am Alarm set, but don’t worry the 5-yr-old woke you up 30 mins ago 

5-6 am Shower and get dressed while 5-yr-old claws at your ankles because he is a zombie dog this morning

6-7 am Scarf down toast, make sure kid's bag is packed, lunch made, rush out the door, drive 45 min to work

7-8 am Settle at desk to work on a project that is overdue, but receive Slack message that something urgent has come up 

8-8:30 am Draft a crisis comm message

8:30-11 am Track down executives to sign off on it

11-12 Boss appears with another urgent task so work on that while waiting for execs to sign off on first item

12-1 pm Skip lunch; keep working

1-3 pm Leadership team meeting; finally get sign off on message

3-4 pm Send off urgent message from the morning

4-5pm Drive home 

5-6pm Make dinner while 5-yr-old asks for snacks 4,000x

6-7pm Kid refuses to eat the prepped dinner and instead eats three yogurts, fruit snacks and 15 graham crackers; eat own dinner at the sink while washing dishes 

7-8pm Bedtime for child which includes four books, three lullabies, seven trips out of bed to tell you he's not tired yet

8-9pm Check work email and finish up tasks from the morning 

9-10pm go to bed with husband and stream shows until both of you are snoring 

10-midnight Sleep

Midnight-1 am Child wakes you up because he’s cold, he lost a stuffed animal or a dinosaur is in the room; offer backrubs to settle child to sleep

1-2 am Lie awake in own bed

2 am Husband wakes up with insomnia and leaves bed to watch TV on the couch 

2-4:30am sleep soundly until the kid wakes you up again