6:00 alarm starts the day
6:15 the boy emerges from his room, dressed and grumpy
6:20 the boy chooses pop tarts over cereal for breakfast. Not the healthiest start...but it is a start
6:30 first attempt at waking the girl
6:40 second attempt at waking the girl - she says to start making eggos. That's much earlier than usual. Good start.
6:45 eggos are read, girl is up
6:47 make myself oatmeal and toast.
6:50 OOPS. Forgot to make wife's breakfast and lunch. Now she is doing it while I eat my breakfast. I never forget to do that. Not a good start.
7:00 the boy has eaten, brushed his teeth and is playing video games
7:01 remind the boy to change his underwear. (amazing how often that does not happen)
7:02 verify that the boy has on new underwear
7:15 make cold lunches for both kids (how they don't like pizza dippers (the hot lunch choice for today) is beyond me)
7:00 - 7:40 kids fight over who gets to play with Mom's new IPOD touch.
7:40 leave for school. We ride bikes today even though it is only 30 degrees. Good because they're getting some exercise and we're saving gas. Bad because it's COLD!!!
7:52 I'm home again.
8:00 - 8:45 time to start some laundry and get myself ready. But instead....I sleep. (shhhh, don't tell my wife.)
9:00 Get ready for my Core Conditioning class at the YMCA
9:30 leave for the YMCA. (even though it is only about a 10 minute drive and class doesn't start until 10:00...why do I leave so early?)
9:42-10:00 wander the halls of the YMCA waiting for class
10:00 Core Condition class (just once, I'd like to see another dad in one of these classes. Once again, its me and the moms.)
11:15 arrive home (arms still shaking from class. not only does my core need work, apparently so do my arms.)
11:30 Cereal and toast for lunch. (You know you're old when your eating Fiber One cereal by choice.)
11:50 Start laundry I meant to start 4 hours earlier
12:45 Leave for school. I volunteer in my daughter's class room on Monday afternoons. Once again, it is only 2 minutes away, why do I leave so early?)
12:50 Wander the halls of the school waiting for 1:00.
1:00 - 2:00 Help 4th graders with math. (For those that have not done this....it's way harder than it looks. People who teach for a living are awesome!!!)
2:05 Arrive home. Laundry to drier.
2:07 I should mention here that anytime I'm home and there is a spare 5 minutes, you can assume I am playing ZUMA Blitz on Facebook.
2:20 Write this meandering timeline....not quite as much humor here as I had hoped. Oh well.
looking into the crystal ball:
3:00 Leave to meet the kids at Grandma and Grandpa's house
3:18 Eat cookies with kids before they bike home (I'll be driving the 3 blocks....it's COLD)
4:00 Take the boy to Karate at the YMCA. Try not to leave way early....but I'm sure we will.
4:50 Hope the my wife made it home to take the girl to ballet.
5:00 Try to get the boy to do homework. Way more trouble than it should be.
6:00 Make some Schwan's meatloaf for supper. Goof stuff
6:30 Eat
6:50 Try to get the girl to do homework
7:00 - 8:00 kids fight over who gets to play with Mom's new IPOD touch.
8:00 the boy in bed, read some books, asleep
8:00 the girl in bed, read some books
8:10 put the girl back in bed
8:22 put the girl back in bed
8:44 put the girl back in bed
9:30 put the girl back in bed
9:45 put the girl back in bed
10:15 zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
(laundry still in the drier......)
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