Whre does the day go?

There are 24 hours in a day. I sleep from about 10pm to 6am. That leaves me with 16 hours.

I spend at least an hour a day carting kids back and forth to school. That leaves me with 15 hours to do everything else.

I spend up to 3 hours cooking and feeding myself and the various members of the family... down to 12 hours. Half an hour Quiet Time with the Lord. Then about an hour and a half on my Thai studies - well, on good day. Down to 10 hours...

I try to spend at least one dedicated hour with Nina. But admittedly there is the time spent sending and receiving e-mails, working on newsletters, Facebook, blogging, and of course scrabble (!!!) ... oooh, down to about 7 hours.

Time spent changing nappies: 30 minutes
Time spent picking up toys, cleaning up spilled water/milk/juice/cereal, etc : 30 minutes - 1 hour
Time spent getting books and bags ready for school: 10 minutes
Time spent watching TV: 1 hour max
Time spent chatting to neighbours and others in the community: 1 - 2 hours
Aerobics: 1 hour (if its not raining)
Time spent bathing kids, cleaning their teeth, brushing and tying up hair, etc: 1 hour
Time spent looking for things that Nick can't find: 15 minutes
Time spent looking for things that Jonty, Emily and Nina can't find: 30 minutes
Time spent buying essentials: 2 hours, a week though, not a day
Time spent reading books to Jonty and Emily: 30 mins to 1 hour
Time spent doing Jonty's speech therapy: 1 hour (but only every second day)
Dishes: 0 hours, usuallly - the househelper does it, but weekends, about 2 hours
Time spent answering impossible questions posed by Jonty: 30 minutes
And Emily: 5 minutes
Time spent riding bikes: 30 minutes... except when its raining or the kids are sick...

I was never particulary good at maths, but I know that if you add it all up you will see that I do more with my 24 hours in a day than is physically possible. That makes me - officially - SUPERWOMAN!