How to NOT be tired at 3 p.m.

O.K. so I am sitting here trying to figure out how to NOT be tired at the exact time that I pick up my children from school. I mean seriously...I am certainly WORKING while at home but it seems like I am supposed to be full of energy when my homework arrives home from school...but for some reason I am not. Maybe it's that same old dread of homework (certainly no one thinks that the kids actually do this work on their own from their own intrinsic desire to get it done). Anyway...homework is another topic, for now I need to find a way to energize myself in the late afternoon. An afternoon run, a cup of coffee, a nap? I have tried them all but nothing seems to work. Three o'clock is too early for a glass of wine (although it is 5 o'clock somewhere...right?), but wine will just relax me anyway and I need to rev up - not relax.
I am a stay-at-home mom for Pete's sake...that is the time when my MOM part really kicks in....I need to figure this out.
...still thinking....not sure what I will try today but I will let you know...

Where does the time go??

So you know I am a stay-at-home mom without any kids at home. Crazy right? So what the heck do I do? Today I have managed to get to Target (I always like to check out those dollar bins for gift ideas), the boy scout shop, finally got my car cleaned (Yuck! lollipop sticks - really?), Hobby Lobby (to pick up burlap for future projects), then laundry, laundry and more laundry. Now I am 2 hours away from school pick up and I feel like I have not accomplished anything! Why is that?