I did 48 tasks before I took my kids to school

I completed 48 tasks on Tuesday morning before I dropped off my kids at school and headed to work...to do more tasks. I was inspired to chronicle the number of tasks I completed after reports of an old survey circulated around parenting websites earlier this week. It said working parents completed an average of 43 tasks each morning, so I was curious about how many I might complete. There was nothing unusual about this particular Tuesday morning, save for the fact that I was making notes of each "thing" I did as it was done. Tuesday was no more chaotic than any other day, nor was anything extraordinary happening. God forbid it was spirit day or spring concert day at my children's school. It was an early start to the day: 2 a.m. Yes, I had been awake since that time. See, my 3-year-old has decided he is scared of the dark and wakes up multiple times a night yelling for me and waking up his 5-year-old brother. His older brother then comes wandering out of his room and has to be...