A Day In The Life

So, for all of you who wonder how this hausfrau spends her day and earns her keep, let me share with you a fairly typical Thursday...bonbon eating it ain't!!!



8:45 am - wake up.



This is the huge indulgance I allow myself for the day- sleeping 45 minutes later than usual. Kidlet was at his NeeNee's, so my red-headed alarm clock doesn't go off. If I didn't have an incredibly busy day ahead of me, I would have stayed in bed another 2 hours, but hausfrau duties call.



8:45 - 9:15 am - get ready for the first part of my day.



Just enough time to take a fast shower (I smell funky - no shower just isn't an option), dry my hair, dress, pack the gym bag, grab some coffee, and wrangle the dogs into their crates (they have lost their "home alone" priviledges due to chewing on the couch cushions. Yes, the new couch. Bastards).



9:15 - 9:30 am - drive semi-frantically to Sam's club.



The schedule for the day, I've realized, is a wee bit tight. Thank god I have a "business" membership so that I can get into the store early.



9:30 - 10:00 am - shop at Sam's Club.



Today is my day to bring snack for the little buggers at school, and I hate when parents send a crappy snack, so I have to make it good. Snack will consist of: 4 pounds of strawberries, 44 little individually wax-wrapped cheeses (what kid can resist?!), a giant container of honey-wheat pretzel sticks, and two big tubs of good yogurt (which isn't, alas, sold at Sam's). Total money spent on snack: roughly $35 so far. Add to that other things needed from Sam's, and it's an $85 morning. Good thing Husband's paycheck hits the bank tonight, or we'd be screwed.



10:00 - 10:15 am - check out at Sam's.



(I put this in as its own activity because it took so damn long.)



10:15 - 10:30 am - drive frantically across town to the gym.



Made all the more fun by the dusting of snow on the roads, and the stupid mofos driving 40 on the highway because of said snow. Dumbasses.



10:30 - 11:00 am - personal trainer session at the gym.



I still can't sit down without yelping, or manage the stairs without waddling like some fuckedup zombie duck. If I was a masochist, I'd consider it money well spent.



11:00 - 11:15 am - drive frantically back across town to my house.



11:15 - 11:45 am - get ready for the second part of my day.



Shower (again), dry hair (again), get dressed (again), and shove some food in my mouth. Dogs get left outside in sub-freezing weather because they refuse to come in the house with called. Oh well. They have fur, right?



11:45 am - noon - drive frantically to another side of town to co-op for yogurt.



Wow - I'm getting quite the tour today! If I had something to do on the northside I could see the whole freaking town.



Noon -12:15 pm - buy yogurt for snack.



Bringing the total cost of today's snack to about $45.



12:15 - 12:20 pm - drive to kidlet's school.



Shortest drive of the day! During the drive, I field a phonecall from my mom reminding me I have to bring snack and wondering where I am, since I am, of course, late. Thanks, mom.



12:20 - 12:35 pm - set up snack.



These kids better leave me some of this food!



12:35 - 1:45 pm - shopping with A.



Finally! Some "me" time! Interrupted, alas, by Husband calling to tell me he locked his keys in his car and needs me to unlock it before his meeting lets out at 3. Since we are in another town, shopping trip ends rather abruptly. (Notice there has been no mention of lunch).



1:45 - 2:00 pm - ride back to kidlet's school to get my car.



2:00 - 2:15 pm - drive to where husband's car is



2:15 - 2:35 pm - drive through numerous parking lots and structures looking for husband's car.



Who knew there were so many freakin parking lots at the medical office park?!? Of course, husband is in meeting, so I can't call for more specifics. I find the car the second after I send a frantic text message asking him for details.



12:35 - 12:45 pm - drive back to kidlet's school.



Speeding maniacally shaves 5 minutes off the trip :)



12:45 - 12:55 pm - wash up dishes, etc from snack



Bastards left me one strawberry, 4 little cheeses, a couple of pretzel twists, and half a tub of yogurt. I repay them by "washing" the dishes in a rather cursory manner.



12:55 - 3:05 pm - circle time and leave school



3:05 - 3:10 pm - drive back to co-op grocery to pick up something for dinner.




Edit: by the time I got to this point in writing this entry, I was too exhausted to go on. Suffice to say the day didn't slow down until after kidlet was asleep (after 9:00 pm).