day in the life

it's a common enough question--"now, what is it that you DO all day?" that i thought i'd give you a brief glimpse at what i'm up to on a daily basis. hope you're having as much fun as i am...

7:45am-- alarm goes off, i hit the snooze button

7:55am--alarm goes off, i hit the snooze button

8:05am--alarm goes off, and i finally get up, or if it's a monday, i reset the alarm for 9:15am.

8:05-8:15 am-- wash face, pack up work clothes and make-up into my gym bag

8:15-8:25 am-- fight traffic all the way to the gym

8:30-9:10am-- work out with my friend amy

9:15-10am-- in the office answering phone messages, checking email, reading the washington post and the new york times, drinking a huge amount of coffee out of my favorite sheep mug, and bitching about things in general with the rest of the office crew

10am-10:15am-- change out of sweaty clothes in to work outfit, put on make up, and brush my hair. by now, i have had enough caffine to make lesser people's heads come right off.

10:15am-111:30am-- work on sunday school lessons, read for information regarding whatever is coming up next for the week, check email, drink more coffee, and check up on the conspiracy theory of the day. if it's a wednesday, this is the day i file my reimbursement stuff from dinners, sunday school supplies, etc. i also balance my check book sometimes. ha ha ha.

11:30am-- meet up for lunch appointments, update daily calendar and double check upcoming events are on the church calendar. lunch appointment today-- with one of my 9th grade boys, who wanted to have chinese food, but since he can't drive yet, he couldn't figure out how to get to the restaurant. isn't that funny? yeah, i didn't think it was, either...

12noon--go see my god-dogs and let them out to potty

1-2:30pm- prepare for the weekly mailing of postcards, event notices, or if it's tuesday, i do my email update and go to staff meeting. sometimes, i update my blog or read random info on wikipedia.com. if it's a really slow day, i'll get on ebaumsworld.com and laugh at their cruel humour. there is nothing funnier than watching someone else fall down, unless it's watching some else's kid fall down. or watching someone else's pants fall down. falling is funny. not as funny as say, farting, but it's pretty funny. finding new funny things to laugh at is an excellent way to become the office favorite. so is bringing breakfast tacos from taco shack on tuesdays.

2:30-4pm-- return afternoon emails and phone calls, confirm any evening appointments, look over notes for bible studies, terrorize other people in their offices, and generally make a nuisance of myself. i usually drink some diet coke around this time, and try not to walk to the pharmacy to buy chocolate. by this time, i need a nap real bad, and can almost taste sleep. my apartment seems to be calling me, wooing me as it were, to just go home for an hour and sleep. i hate that i have a work ethic...

4-6:30pm-- talk to kids on line. seriously, we talk all afternoon, about everything, or most everything. if i need to get stuff to the post office, i usually have a kid or kids come help me stamp and seal stuff at this time. i hate doing mailings almost worst than i hate not having coffee in the morning.

6:30-- either a program is starting, or i'm off to an evening appointment with a kid, or doing dinner with my friends, or i've actually gotten home on time, and i'm eating some fruit and about to catch up on my tv watching.

8:30-9pm--finally get home. talk to mom or friends until 9:30pm, at which point the simpson's rerun comes on fox, which means it's time to file or buff my nails, or put a mud mask on my face, or more likely--- just sprawl across my bed and stare at the tv like a total moron.

10pm-- king of the hill and seinfeld come on back to back for an hour, so after the first king of the hill, it's bath time. sometimes i dry my hair, but i'm usually just too lazy to do it.

11pm-- wash my face, brush my teeth, and put wrinkle cream on my eyes (sometimes i floss, too). lights out or read for 30 minutes-- right now i'm finally reading "shampoo planet", which is quite funny. i tried to read a book about the celts, but it made me narcoleptic, and i couldn't remember what i had read from night to night. go figure.



11pm-7:45am-- sleep.

and there you have it, a day in my life.

8:30pm seems very far away right now. i am very very sleepy. oy vey!

hope your day is a good one...

mil besos--r