Let’s try that again, shall we
- 5:15 – 5:35 a.m. wake up (4 mins)
- 5:19 – 5:39 a.m. prepare for work
- necessary hygiene
- bathe (20 mins)
- brush teeth (3 mins)
- get dressed (5 mins)
- apply warpaint (5 mins)
- pack lunch bag (5 mins)
- 5:57 a.m. prepare for daycare
- dress the munchkin (5 mins)
- pack diaper bag (5 mins)
- snuggles and cuddles (5-10 mins)
- 6:12 – 6:17 a.m. make the bed (ha ha, as if that will happen) (3 mins)
- 6:15 -6:20 a.m. drive to work (35-40 mins)
- 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. work (8.5 hrs)
- 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. drive to daycare (45-50 mins)
- 4:15 – 4:25 p.m. daycare pickup (10 mins)
- 4:25 – 4:35 p.m. drive home (10-15 mins)
- 4:35 – 5:05/5:35 p.m. prepare dinner (30-60 mins)
- 5:05/5:35 – 5:35/6:05 p.m. feed the munchkin (30 mins)
- 5:35/6:05 – 5:50/6:20 p.m. feed myself (15 mins)
- 5:50/6:20 – 6:10/6:40 p.m. clean the kitchen (20 mins)
- 6:10/6:40 – 7:05 p.m. exercise (25-55 mins)
- 7:05 p.m. miscellaneous household chores (30 mins)
- 7:35 p.m. bathe the boy (20 mins)
- 7:55 p.m. change into jammies (5 mins)
- 8:00 p.m. put him to bed (15 mins)
- 8:15 – 8:20/9:00 p.m. get him to sleep (5-45 mins)
- 8:20/9:00 – 9:00/9:40 p.m. marriage maintenance (40 mins)
- 9:00/9:40 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. me time (20-60 mins)
- 10:00 p.m. prepare myself for bed (5 mins)
- 10:05 p.m. – 5:15/5:35 a.m. sleep
I don’t know why I was complaining. According to this schedule, there is not only room in my life for exercise, housecleaning, and marriage maintenance, but there is me time as well. Except, I just realized, that apart from the 5-10 minutes of morning snuggles and cuddles, I am completely ignoring my child. This will never do.
This is more what honesty looks like.
- 2:30 a.m. wake up for diaper change, put toddler back to bed (10 mins)
- 2:40 a.m. back to sleep
- 5:00 a.m. wake up for another diaper change and hungry boy, give in and feed him something (20 mins)
- 5:20 a.m back to sleep
- 6:30 a.m. wake up exhausted, realize we’re late again, wonder to self, “what’s the point “, try to get up, fail, go back to sleep, drag self out of bed, finally, after a ten minute struggle
- 6:40 a.m. prepare for daycare
- dress the munchkin (5 mins)
- pack diaper bag (5 mins)
- snuggles and cuddles (5-10 mins)
- 7:00 a.m. prepare for work
- necessary hygiene
bathe (20 mins)- brush teeth (3 mins)
- get dressed (5 mins)
- apply warpaint (5 mins)
- pack lunch bag (5 mins)
6:12 – 6:17 a.m. make the bed (ha ha, as if that will happen) (3 mins)- 7:20 – 8:00 a.m. drive to work (35-40 mins)
- 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. work (8.5 hrs)
- 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. drive to daycare (45-50 mins)
- 5:15 – 5:25 p.m. daycare pickup (10 mins)
- 5:25 – 5:35 p.m. drive home (10-15 mins)
- 5:35 – 6:05/6:35 p.m. prepare dinner (30-60 mins)
- 6:05/6:35 – 6:35/7:05 p.m. feed the munchkin (30 mins)
- 6:35/7:05 – 6:50/7:20 p.m. feed myself (15 mins)
5:50/6:20 – 6:10/6:40 p.m. clean the kitchen (20 mins)6:10/6:40 – 7:05 p.m. exercise (25-55 mins)7:05 p.m. miscellaneous household chores (30 mins)7:35 p.m. bathe the boy (20 mins)- 6:50/7:20 – 7:55 p.m. play with beloved child, pay bills, misc. household chores, delete spam, waste time
- 7:55 p.m. change into jammies (5 mins)
- 8:00 p.m. put him to bed (15 mins)
- 8:15 – 8:20/9:00 p.m. get him to sleep (5-45 mins)
- 8:20 – 9:00 p.m. delete spam, blog
- 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. marriage maintenance (i.e., watch tv together)
- 10:00 p.m. prepare myself for bed but get distracted by an assortment of distractions, including but not limited to: blogs, tv, arguments, chores, daydreams, internet research, projects, and so on, and so forth.
- 11:00 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. sleep
And… somewhere in there I manage to shop for groceries, fuel the car, do some banking, and so on and so forth.
It’s been exhausting, just trying to sort out where my day goes! However, I think that I shan’t berate myself quite so much for not making more time for exercise.
