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"Everyday is different" Wendi Caudill says after a long day at work. It all starts with the buzzing sound of the 6 o'clock alarm she has set on her phone. The dogs going nuts just to get fed. 1 cup Marvin ;the brown black mutt, 1 cup for Hershey; the chocolate lab. The life of an AISD nutritionist is no easy task. Looking the part is a huge portion of the job. A few minutes. That's all it takes to transform from single mom to a nutritionist of AISD. Somewhere around 7 she's gone. A coffee in her hand followed by a new application of her favorite lipgloss, marks the start to a new day.

She goes into the office, saying a peppy" good morning"  to everyone next to her cube. She never forgets to say hello to her boss. Well she is the one that signs her paychecks. "The mornings are the worst" Wendi says. School after school call in to complain about staff absents, or how the kitchen doesn't have any power and they need assistance. "I am a problem solver" I don't know what my schools would do without me. Paper work after paper work, it's now lunch time.

Rush hour. Students start to pile in, this is when she knows it's time for a new application of lipgloss. School after school she makes sure they are all serving students and getting everyone what they need. A call come in from another school, it's the principle, asking her if she could help with a parent problem. Of course she goes and helps. I mean she is a problem solver. Every parent has something different to complain about, whether it be the food on the line or how we aren't green enough. After the evening is done its time to go back and repeat the morning.

The same problems and or issues seem to pop up again and create more chaos. The same parents the same principles and the same co-workers. "coming home is the best part of my day" wendi says but sometimes she comes home to more chaos with 3 teenage children, who have also all been had at work. Or school. The next hour consist of folding clothes and putting something together for dinner. Soon she goes to bed and her kids follow and the cycle repeats again the next day.