Not only had she managed to slip away from the office for Colin’s field day and Danielle’s awards assembly, but she’d also dropped off cookies for a PTO fund-raiser and, as the first-grade homeroom mom, she’d collected money from the other parents to purchase a gift for the teacher.To accomplish all of this and stay on top of everything at the office, she’d burned the midnight oil after putting her kids to bed. To stay awake and energized, she’d been making her morning coffee so strong that the spoon all but stood up in it.By the time the weekend rolled around, she was exhausted and a little amazed that she’d managed to cross so many things off both her personal and professional to-do lists.Overall, she was pleased with the progress she was making on Alec’s revamped image. He was still being bashed in cyberspace, but not quite as badly. As anticipated, the television interview with the mom from the park had been pure gold, especially since the network had picked it up and the story had gone national.
