Like others have said, sometimes things just don't get done. For us, working out and deep cleaning of our condo take a backseat very frequently. We're also very fortunate and my ILs like to have the girls on Sundays so we'll drop them off there for a few hours and run errands and get some cleaning done. I also use my lunch breaks to do a lot - grocery shopping, dishes or other quick cleaning (I live 1 mile from my job), or other fast errands. And if one of them is sick then I'm home with them. My job is MUCH more flexible then H's. My oil change waited longer then it should have but H took my car in one day after work and I used his to go get the girls. Two weeks ago we started just putting the girls in the stroller and going on 3 mile brisk walks before their bedtime so that we could try to get some exercise in each day.
But really, priorities and expectations change, you find a new "normal" and you just figure out ways to get everything done that needs to get done. Sometimes you get less sleep or cut corners, but it gets figured out one way or another.
I also do a ton of online shopping. I rarely go to the mall actually and buy anything I can at amazon.
YES.
and those automatic amazon fulfillment thingies are great. i don't even have to remember to buy diapers (though when we bite the bullet and pottytrain next month, i'll have to remember to cancel that order). they just appear on my doorstep.
oh, and i NEVER leave the office without work. granted, my job is such that i can work from home (and often do at night). but you never know if you'll need to stay home with a sick kid or something. it's my insurance policy.
tamb--I actually find it has gotten easier to juggle everything as my DS has gotten older, since he is more self sufficient, can feed himself, potty trained, can entertain himself for short periods of time, etc.
Dr's appointments, (during the day) grocery shopping: I do it when we need food laundry: done when we all run out of clothes, H and I both do laundry cooking: I usually do it since I'm the one on the diet car repairs: DH manages an auto parts store. Which means he gets cheap parts and fixes our cars home maintenance: DH is handy - mine too children's sick days: I'm usually home unless ILs or my parents can watch her working out: I either go after H gets home from work and dinner is over, or I get up at 4:30 and go at 5 a.m. sex: when we can keeping up with family: we all live within half an hour of each other. that's not too tough.