89 Steps: One way to think about today

So today was not the best of days... it was also not the worst of days. It was just one of THOSE days. I like lists so I'm going to try and simplify this post by reducing it down to list form. The following 89 things sum up what today has been.

1. Wake up 
2. Change/Feed Ara
3. Get us dressed
4. Take pills (very important step)
5. Refill Diaper Bag
6. Exit apartment
7. Get loaded in Car and Leave
8. Stop at McD's for Giant Iced Coffee
9. Continue towards storage unit
10. Accidentally pass storage unit
11. Turn Around
12. Notice battery light and lack of power steering
13. Keep going and arrive at storage unit
14. Call mom and hang up (I didn't want to leave a vm)
15. Call uncle 
16. Speak to uncle and realize that you are now going to the car doctor
17. Hang up and finish business at storage unit
18. Drive less than 20mph with hazard lights on over to car doctor
19. Fight back tears while explaining problems to nice guy
20. Realize you have to take giant car seat, stroller and other odds and ends out of car.
21. Do so *with a baby on hip* and turn in Keys
22. Carry all swag into small car doctor lobby
23. Find unoffensive places for all baby swag
24. Determine that you will not awaken the poor husbie
25. Resolve to txt friend and stick it out 2hrs until she can come get you
26. Take fussy Baby to small market near car doctor
27. Get sandwich and pickle
28. Picnic in tiny car doctor lobby (baby gets puffs)
29. Decide to go ahead and make eye doctor apt (also near car doctor)
30. Return to lobby
31. Keep feeding baby puffs and water
32. Get estimate on car parts from nice guy (he really is nice and gives me 10% off)
33. Only briefly freak out (yay credit card)
34. Update Uncle
35. Attempt to apologize in advance for changing child's stinky diaper to the man closest to you
36. Get over the fact he is clearly uninterested in being human and responding
37. Change Ara's Poopslosion in small lobby 
38. Feed more puffs
39. Clean up puff vomit
40. Give directions to poor friend trying to find you
41. Attempt to pay nice guy 4 times with your credit card that should work while friend loads up your stuff for you and baby fusses.
42. Give up and hand nice guy mom's card (the 911 card)
43. Hold it together
44. Exit tiny lobby and start balling like a baby
45. Get in car and call mom so she can decipher mumbled words that in conclusion let her know why there is a giant charge on the 911 card.
46. Determine to have good rest of day with friend THRIFTING woot woot!
47. Visit 4 thrift shops and have blast despite slightly fussy Ara towards end.
48. Decide to call nice guy to arrange picking up the car tonight
49. Formulate your fast food order that you will place on the way home in your car
50. Arrive at car
51. Realize you cannot get into car
52. Thank friend profusely for driving you all over Cbus and now back to your apartment
53. Be okay with peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dindin.... YUM
54. Get back to apartment
55. Call friend a beast b/c she's awesome and man handled car seat and stroller to apartment door
56. Thank stranger who offers to carry up goods (yes!)
57. Sit Babe on floor with toys... 
58. Find places for stroller/car seat in chaotic in process of moving boxed up apartment.
59. Say good bye to friend who just generally wins the awesome award
60. Interpret baby's fussing for wanting play time and put in bouncer
61. Throw away all bread (it is VERY moldy) and be sad that there will be no sandwich
62. Briefly be concerned about wasting away
63. Find chilli
64. Heat, garnish eat ridiculously quick b/c baby is not thrilled with bouncing.
65. Take the screaming,cranky child back to change and bathe
66. Play with the happiest baby on the block in the tub (splashy splashy)
67. Hurriedly remove the tearful fickle darling from tub
68. Dry and put pjs on
69. skip lotion
70. skip bedtime story
71. Run (do not walk) to grab nighttime bottle
72. Feed
73. Lay down
74. Sneak out
75. Hear crying
76. Facebook post
77. Hear crying 
78. Feed some more
79. Just as she is about to fall asleep answer facetime call from Husbie
80. Let best husbie get baby all happy and excited while crying b/c you just want the day to end
81. Notice baby falling back asleep while on call
82. Sneak out
83. Finish chatting
84. Hang up
85. Facebook
86. Txt
87. Blog
88. Feel slightly relieved and hopeful for tomorrow
89. Go to Bed.

Goodnight and farewell to today.