So, I got up and dressed.
Meanwhile, my husband ate breakfast and got ready for work.
I made coffee, and said goodbye to Carlos.
Took the dog for a walk before he helped me wake up the girls.
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Typical morning rush to the bathroom.
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Time for breakfast. Toast and a boiled egg, with strawberry and orange juice.
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I do chores while they eat. Laundry and dishes. Then it's off to school.
After the girls are dropped off, it's time to actually start my day, which consists of a 16-task to-do list and a roll of the dice. I start with a house or work related task, and from that task, I count the number on the dice down, and that's the next task I tackle. Janel is going to love this, I'm sure. I don't know why I do it like this. I just do. Laundry was first because I'd already started it.
Then I make myself breakfast.
I start on work for an organization for which I am a project manager. We are (have by now) going on a trip to Georgia to do video work on the new voting machines and voter suppression there. Right here, I am organizing the trip, where we will go, who we will film, etc.
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Next some house work and errands. Our fence blew down in a windstorm and I had to call the insurance. Then the family needed some groceries so off I went. Typical haul for a week.
Then everyone is back home from school and work!
We were getting our driveway repaved, so the girls marked their name in the pavement.
I wrote and shared a post on the internet about the current state of affairs.
Lunch! I eat in mediocre fashion.
I do some cleaning up while the girls practice soccer.
Time to take care of the dishes again.
Then more work, this time figuring out my university schedule for the upcoming semesters.
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Check in with the girls. One is doing homework, the other is eating a snack.
Then I make dinner.
I have a herniated disc, so often during dinner prep, I lay down to stretch my back out. Hi.
Dinner is served.
It's like 9 p.m. at this point so after dinner, the day is done. We go to bed and do it again tomorrow.
To see previous years:
2017: (Actually a very similar day except the girls are three years younger, lol)