Guess where I am right now?
The food court. And life couldn't be grander.
Today is the first day that both kids have been in school since March 20th. For those of you who are lousy with math, that's a damn long time. Here's how it went down:
- Zed was off on Good Friday, March 21st
- Zoey had Spring Break the following week
- Zed had Spring Break the week after that (that's the problem when your kids go to schools in two different counties: their vacations rarely coincide)
- Zoey was off yesterday for a Teacher Workday
I can't begin to tell you how much I've missed these two hours. I didn't realized how much I needed these two hours until they were taken away from me. While I never really do anything during these two hours (sit in the car, hang out at the mall, take pictures of weird things, etc.), it's time I use to recharge my batteries.
Life has become hectic lately. My kitchen calendar has become my lover and best friend as I seldom know if I'm coming or going. Want to see why I need those two hours? Here's a look at a typical day (you'll notice I spend as much time in my car as a truck driver):
- 7:15 AM Leave home to take Zoey to school.
- 7:25 AM Return home.
- 7:55 AM Leave home to take Zed to school.
- 8:40 AM Arrive at Zed's school. Spend two hours with him and his teachers.
- 10:45 AM CHAG TIME!
- 12:40 PM Pick up Zed from school.
- 1:25 PM Return home. Eat lunch, check email, etc.
- 1:50 PM Leave home to get a good spot in the car line (we have to be near the front of the line in order to make it to therapy on time)
- 2:25 PM Zoey gets in the car.
- 3:00 PM Arrive at therapy.
- 4:00 PM Return home. Homework, play with the kids, read to the kids, etc.
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Eat, play with the kids, etc.
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Bedtime routine: bathe kids, brush teeth, read to kids, put them to bed.
- 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Work or blog or spend time with the wife. As I've taken on a lot more work lately than I usually do, I've kind of forgotten what Ella looks like.
- 11:30 PM Crawl into bed and watch television until I fall asleep.
Song of the day: What You Do To Me by Teenage Fanclub
