Slice of My Life

Typical Weekday Schedule

6:15 am Alarm Rings.  Snooze.

6:24 am Alarm Rings.  Snooze.

6:33 am Alarm Rings.  Snooze.

6:42 am Alarm Rings.  Leap out of bed, upset with self for snoozing so many times AGAIN.  Now have 18 minutes to get ready before should leave.

6:43 am Lay down on the couch for just *two* seconds before the shower, to get used to light being on.

6:50 am Groggily remove self from couch and stumble into shower.

6:58 am Robed, with towel on head, check closet for matching unwrinkled outfit.  Prefer one that fits slightly enlarged post-holiday body without pinching.  This means elastic.

6:59 am Discard first choice for various reasons, most overriding reason being that self is female.

7:03 am Like second choice, but shirt is wrinkled and no time to iron, so try new shirt.

7:05 am New shirt doesn’t match second choice bottoms, so remove entire ensemble and toss onto growing pile on bed, then realize am already 5 minutes late and just grab something that will later realize is a tragic pairing of Navy Blue and Black or similar fashion faux pas.

7:08 am Pretend to dry hair for 30 seconds, before giving up due to lateness.

7:10 am Grab big pink lunch bag and throw Lean Cuisine, box of crackers, whole jar of peanut butter and can of corn inside.  Ask husband to make up travel mug of coffee, while running outside to check gym bag, tutoring bag, theatre bag, and work briefcase to be sure they are stocked for the day.

7:11 am Remove smelly gym clothes from bag, run inside to collect fresh ones and coffee.

7:13 am Kiss husband and cat good-bye and leap into car, reversing madly out of the drive.

7:15 am Pull back into drive, realizing have left coffee, gym clothes, and wedding rings in the house.

7:16 am While putting on wedding rings, start picking through earrings to match outfit.  Notice outfit does not match outfit and race to closet to change.

7:18 am Pull out of drive again, leaving behind unruffled husband (used to it already), very excited cat (excited due to rushing around), and gym clothes.

7:19 am Begin long drive, listening to NPR and cursing at school buses.

8:08 am Arrive at work.  Blame lateness on the school buses.  Futz around.

9:35 am Begin to work.

1:00 pm Drive to gym.

1:10 pm Arrive at gym and discover gym bag is sans clothes.

1:15 pm Drive to local walking track and walk briskly, sweating gently into work clothes, but determined to reduce post-holiday body whatever it takes.

2:00 pm Arrive back at work and futz around.

3:00 pm Begin to work.

5:08 pm Leave work exactly 8 minutes late (to make up for late morning) and begin drive to tutoring.   Too tired to process intellectual NPR – listen to book on tape for escapist enjoyment (Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days, at the moment).

5:43 pm Arrive at tutoring, tutor wonderful challenging 5 year old for 45 minutes.

6:28 pm Tear out of client’s home and speed down road in attempt to make 1.25 hour drive in 0.5 hours.

6:59 pm Realize am not going to make it on time and call Stage Manager to say will be late.

7:07 pm Arrive at play rehearsal.  Rehearse.  Have great time.  Renew dissatisfaction with current job situation.

10:00 pm Begin drive home, listening to book on tape and dreaming of bed.

10:50 pm Arrive home, to snoring husband and wild-eyed nocturnal cat.

10:52 pm Try to convince cat that running around knocking things over and chewing on wires is not a good way to help mommy wind down.

11:03 pm Crawl into bed next to snoring husband.

6:15 am Repeat

Typical Weekend Schedule

6:45 am Woken by cat, who does not operate on a “weekend” schedule.

6:46 am Having distracted cat by feeding treats and opening office blinds, go back to bed.

9:00 am Get up, get coffee, read magazines on couch with husband.

12:00 pm Get off couch and think about showering and maybe food.

2:00 pm Eat something.

4:00 pm Get shower.

8:00 pm Eat something.

9:30 pm Fall asleep on couch to Netflix DVD of the week.