I randomly decided to do a day in my life, and then, while I was looking back at previous ones I had done, my last one was almost on the same day three years ago! Life is a lot different from three years ago, but it’s still busy, especially since the day I chose for this day in the life was one of the busiest of the week. If I do another one three years from now, life will be completely different because I’ll probably be an empty nester by then!
6 am–Wake up. No need for an alarm, starting last year, I automatically wake up between 5 and 6 a.m. I don’t mind usually, but now that one of my daughters is regularly working until 10 or 10:30 and we have to go pick her up, I don’t get quite enough sleep. Sometimes I wish I could sleep a bit longer!
6 am–Scroll & read blogs, go downstairs to feed the cats their soft food.
6:15 am take medicine, brush teeth
6:30 am do Tai Chi (I found this channel on YouTube that has Tai Chi for seniors. It’s only 7 minutes long, and it’s gentle enough for a beginner like me. I’m really enjoying it!)
6:45 am–Make and eat breakfast. Today I have a two-egg omelet in a tortilla with cheese as well as an apple topped with plain yogurt, cinnamon, and walnuts.
7:15 am–Drive daughter to school. It’s the last week of school, and she’s so ready to be DONE!
7:30 am–Talk to husband, and fill in my planner and to-do list for the week
8 am–Work. The first thing I do for work is to check our social media accounts and take care of issues. That’s about all I can do this morning before I have to stop because I have an appointment at 9.
8:40 am–Get ready and drive to my appointment
9 am–In my appointment
9:45 am–Drive and get gas (The gas station that has gas 50 cents cheaper than anywhere else was 10 minutes out of my way, but it was worth it to save $5. I paid $3.92 per gallon versus the $4.49 to $4.59 everywhere else.) My daughter has been taking a 5-week speech class at a community college an hour away. We go two days a week, so for this month, I’m having to fill up my tank twice a week.
10:15 am–Get ready for my work meeting
10:30 am–Attend my work meeting
11:15 am–Cook lunch, eat lunch with PB & J Girl, do dishes. I ate a meal that I meal planned this week and love it. PB & J Girl ate a Mediterranean Bowl with chickpeas, veggies, Feta cheese, and a wrap.
11:50 am–Drive to PB & J Girl’s appointment
12:30 pm–Read The Diamond Eye while she’s in her appointment
1:15 pm–Drive to ice cream shop & order ice cream (I was craving a mint shake!) PB & J Girl got a scoop of Panda Paws and Cannoli. It was a hot, humid day, and ice cream hit the spot!
1:30 pm–Drive to pick up my other daughter from school
2 pm–Wait in the pick-up line! If I come after 2, there’s no where to park, so I have to wait in the road, which I don’t like.
2:20 pm–Talk to her about school and her day
2:40 pm–Wash all of our bedroom windows inside and out, vacuum all of our blinds (so dusty!), take down the falling-down curtain rod and curtains, put in the new supports and put up the new curtain and room darkening curtains, vacuum where our desks were, put our desks back
5:30 pm–Cook dinner and clean the kitchen. Tonight, we had stuffed shells already prepared that I bought from Aldi. They were good, and everyone liked them.
6:15 pm–Eat dinner and talk to family. My husband barely ever has a bad day at work, but he had a bad day and talked about it for awhile.
6:40 pm–Drive daughter to work and drop her off. Her work shifts have been from about 6 to 7 until 10 at night. Not going to lie, I wish they were earlier. She used to have a 4 to 7 p.m. shift that I loved, but alas, now she’s always scheduled later in the day.
7 pm–Stop by Aldi to pick up a few fill-in groceries. Aldi has become my new favorite store! Tonight I picked up bananas, Greek yogurt, avocados for dinner tomorrow night, hummus, and grapes.
7:20 pm–Take a much-needed shower. It was super humid today, and I had to keep letting the warm air in while cleaning the windows, so I was really hot the whole time I was cleaning.
7:40 pm–Read my book, play Wordle, and scroll. One of my daughters introduced me to Wordle, and now I need to play it every day!
8:30 pm–Relax with my husband watching a show until our daughter comes in, and we talk to her about school/life.
9:40 pm–Talk more to my daughter while my husband goes to pick up our other daughter from work
10:15 pm–Talk to our other daughter who just got home from work and then go to bed at 10:30 pm!
That’s it. A very full day in the life with two kids that are mostly, but not quite, grown!
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