Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Itinerary



Summer has begun. The kids are out of school as well as my wife. She is a teacher and enjoyed her first full day of her summer break yesterday. We are looking forward to having a great summer and I am sure she is ecstatic about getting to spend so much time with me.


The downside to her being around here is now she’ll know exactly how I spend my days. During the school year, it was a bit of a mystery to her. Although I did make out an itinerary once that itemized for her exactly what a typical weekday was like for me. I chose a random day to document a time line of activity. Some of you might recognize this from our family’s annual newsletter sent out at Christmas. It got a good response the first time it was published so I figured I might as well put it out there once again. My wife is very interested to find out if there is any truth to it.


Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008

6:45am – woke up

7:00am – fell back to sleep

7:15am – my wife made me get up and threw a hard object at me

7:30am – made breakfast for kids, apologized to wife for oversleeping

7:50am – took shower

8:25am – shower was cut short because hot water was gone

8:30am – saw wife and 2 of my oldest daughters off to school

9: 00am – got dressed and made myself look amazing

9:05am – made a fort with blankets

9:25am – my 4 year-old daughter asked what I was doing and if she could play too

9:30am – cleaned up kitchen

10:00am – had debate with the 4 year-old as to why she should not change her outfit for the 4th time this morning

10:30am – changed 4 year-old’s outfit for the 4th time this morning

10:45am – played hide 'n seek with her

11:00am – hid from my daughter (she thought I had left the house for real…hilarious)

11:25am – had to tell her to “stop licking the dog” (never thought I’d have to say those words to somebody)

12:00pm – the dog chewed up yet another spoon

12:01pm – kicked dog

12:10pm – made our lunch

12:45pm – took my daughter to preschool

1:00pm – said prayer of thanks to God for having given us “preschools”

1:15-1:45pm – air guitar solos

1:45-2:10pm – rested due to exhaustion from sweet air guitar solos

2:25-2:45pm – talked into a fan

2:45- 3:05pm – just chilled

3:05- 3:20pm - relaxed

3:25pm – picked up daughter from school

3:35pm – put in a load of dirty clothes, folded basket of clean clothes, swept, mopped floor, emptied dishwasher, filled dishwasher, clipped coupons, dusted, cleaned kitchen counters, scrubbed toilets, wiped up sinks, started making dinner, paid a few bills, made a quilt, cleaned out the refrigerator, wrote a sonnet poem about my wife, straightened up pillows, put fan back in closet, disassembled the fort and then put blankets back on beds

4:15pm – my wife and 2 daughters came home

My wife said, “The house looks amazing. I am so blessed to have you as my husband.”

4:16pm – I agreed with her