Calling working mothers with two kids....advice needed!

Deepa - i almost started writing few days back, but had to close it (so you get it, this is one of the compromises we need to make being a working mom).

I am a mom of 2 young kids. No support to the extent that, i can't even ask someone to baby sit even my older one (4 years old) for a few hours. DD goes to a daycare close to my workplace and DS (15m old) is in our office creche.
- This proximity is very important for the mothers to be at peace and also for our plans to work well. esp in chennai roads where we can't even roughly guess how long it would take for us to travel from one place to another
- Engaging paid help at home for everything is vital. i went back to see if you are in India.. yes, so this isn't tough for you. (i wonder how all of you abroad manage.. really !). so i have a cook, domestic help who come in the mornings. other than that, i take paid-help in many other forms - ironing, gardener, someone to clean the car/cycle on a regular basis
- I dont spend a minute in the kitchen when kids need me. i handle our dinner, but that is a job done in jiffy. The cook is trained in such a way that she puts them in all in reheatable form (refrigerate or otherwise) and keep them ready so i have only around 15 mins time in the kitchen in the night (earlier i was doing everything myself and i didn't find it difficult.. if i do lot of planning and pre-cutting/frozen food stuff, but this is certainly easier and less strenuous and gives lot of more time to be spent with kids)
- Its best if you can choose a job that either allows flexibility or adheres to a strict timings which is convenient for you. I work for IT and you know it isn't a clocked job. But there is room for flexibility. Since you are planning for a teaching job, it should work too, as long as the school dont give homework to teachers
- After coming home, i just sit down for about 10 mins and play/talk with kids.. earlier i used to run straight into the kitchen just to finish that 15mins job. Work filled space, and i had no time for children at the end. These days i dont do that.. it helps and i also do spend time with them before bedtime

I could keep on writing.. but Deepa, tell me if this is what you are looking for. If you have any specific questions on the routine thing, write here and moms here will try to help. All the very best !