How did I find the time?

I have come to the realization that there truly are not enough hours in the day! I am not sure how I managed to work a full time job running a doctor's office, a part time job (OK it was a full time job too but was only supposed to be a part time job) as an assistant to the director of a dance studio, keep up a house, and raise 3 kids. It is official I must have been CRAZY!

I have spent the last two weeks trying to set up our new house. My days have been filled with what feels to be less than organized chaos! I have frantically unpacked boxes trying to find a new home for all the items inside the boxes. I am cooking 3 meals (and multiple snacks) each day for the family and figuring out that by the time I get done with one meal it is time to start working on the next. I spend copious amounts of time with a broom or vacuum in my hand chasing down the worlds fastest two year old.

I am learning the art of timing the laundry with the shower and dishwasher schedule which may seam like a small feat but with 5 people and 1 water heater, the water heater will always win! I try to spend time with my kids doing things that are fun and get them moving (though i know they would rather be in front of facebook or youtube)each day. Then in the few quiet moments I have each day I sit down to work on closing out the accounts receivable and accounts payable for my families company. All the while all I hope for is that by midnight I am able to climb into bed pull the covers over my head and pray that my son sleeps through the night. The words to that song "It's only Monday Mr. Mom" keep playing over in my head, and I only find it funny because that truly is the reality of a HMIC, and somehow we get up each morning and do it all over again.

I am very grateful and humbled for this time in my life, I just want to put some more organization to the chaos. So here is the goal for Monday:
1) Make a family calendar (either electronic or on a push board)
2) Create the new "challenges chart" (we don't call them chores in our house we call them challenges because when you overcome a challenge there is a reward)
3) Come up with a "daily schedule" in an attempt to have things make sense.

I know going into this goal that part of it is an exercise in futility as I work with my loving two year old but what have I got to loose, my sanity is slowly fading either way.