Good Monday Morning Friends. I hope your weekend was cozy and spectacular! Biana over at B Loved Boston did a post like this about what her typical workday was like and it was so fun to see what she was up to, I thought I'd do my own, "Day in the Life...of Andrea". Oh if only I could stay in my robe and bunny slippers all day....
5:45 AM - Alarm goes off and I hit snooze once before throwing on my robe and letting out our dog, Daisy. I enter the home office, keep the lights off and close the door as to not wake the household. I like sitting in front of the computer in the dark; checking Bloglovin, commenting, linking up and yes, checking the overnight stats.
6:40 AM- I slip into our bathroom and get ready. Believe it or not, I get ready in less time than I did 20 years ago. It helps that I'm a shower the night before gal.
7:15 AM- After filling my work bag with breakfast, lunch and any other necessities, kiss husband goodbye, tell kids to have a good day and I'm out the door! This is the first year, the kids get up themselves without mom prompting and I cannot tell you how much I love it!! Thank you iPhone alarms, yogurt and breakfast hot pockets.
7:30 AM- Search the parking lot for a parking spot and eye both back doors for 3rd shift nurses to leave so I can stalk them til they get to their cars and I can covet their vacated spot. Make a cup of coffee, usually one of my from home pumpkin spice k-cups, with the lounge Keurig and enter the office.
7:31 AM~PM Since I do not divulge my work establishment or business routine due to security reasons, Let's just say my day is crazy but often flies by til I can fly out the doors to the busy after work life. It involves lots of Ticonderoga #2 pencils, phones, computers, electronic devices, classified info, trips to the restroom, parking lot selfies (not) and a decorated office complete with an owl with yes, a football that says Score between his legs! Thanks girls! :-)
This office tree gets decorated for every holiday. My crew and I get mad if someone asks if it's a Christmas tree. NO! It's a seasonal tree. You should see it in the summer~Flip Flop lights and drink umbrellas!!
3:30 PM-Errands like stop by grocery store for the one (then end up getting 10) item I don't have for dinner, pick up a kids Letter jacket that had patches sewn on, cash from ATM, pull in drive and let dog out again.
Martins, my favorite Grocery store.
Trader Joe's is only a dream coming to our neck of the woods!
4:15 PM- If no after school, activities. discuss school day, things to know, things to do, check college apps, grades and help with homework and go through mail.
5:00 PM-Workout, usually walk, run or stepper. If walking, or on stepper, I will comment, answer email, etc via voice text. This could've also been called the "Look like crap and what dumb thing did I do?" hour:
Husband wanting to try out cool new camera lens. Not when I had a cute outfit on, but when I was just coming in from my workout. #hotsweatymess
Yeah, so went to throw away something under the sink and lo and behold, by the dish soap, I had put a bottle of salad dressing under the sink!! What the?? It's Called, "too much on the brain!!" Oh friends, I could do a whole post on stupid things I've done. LOL
6:00 PM- Prepare dinner (tonight was leftover homemade friend rice and sweet and sour chicken) answering email, commenting, clean-up, put away clothes, tidy, etc.
Recipes on Blog Tomorrow!
7:00 PM- If no school related activity like a game, I check the blog post for next day, and am always putting together a few things for future posts and more linking, commenting and answering emails. I also may finish a project such as this one. Remember when I did my post
29 Things I Wish I'd Known in High School? Well, a dear friend of mine asked me to create a page about that post for a frame for her soon to be 15 year old granddaughter. Here is what I created.
7:30 PM- A few planks, crunches and then shower and make sure clothes are ready for the next day.
8:00 PM- Time to get cozy with hubs. Tonight, Wednesday, watching The Middle, The Goldberg's, and SVU. When watching shows in "real" time, Commercials mean browsing Pinterest, commenting on blogs, answering emails, checking work email and researching future posts.
10:00 PM- Kiss kids goodnight. Head off to bed, slather on my peppermint foot cream, put on carmex, kiss hubs goodnight and try to watch Chicago PD but most likely fall asleep and have to watch it the next night. Thank heavens for a DVR!!
Might be boring to some but suits me just fine, except the work part, lol! Now, this is life Monday through Thursday for the most part. The other 3 days are way different and sometimes way crazier or perfectly relaxing. I guess, that's life!
xoxo
