5 am Alarm set, but don’t worry the 5-yr-old woke you up 30 mins ago
5-6 am Shower and get dressed while 5-yr-old claws at your ankles because he is a zombie dog this morning
6-7 am Scarf down toast, make sure kid's bag is packed, lunch made, rush out the door, drive 45 min to work
7-8 am Settle at desk to work on a project that is overdue, but receive Slack message that something urgent has come up
8-8:30 am Draft a crisis comm message
8:30-11 am Track down executives to sign off on it
11-12 Boss appears with another urgent task so work on that while waiting for execs to sign off on first item
12-1 pm Skip lunch; keep working
1-3 pm Leadership team meeting; finally get sign off on message
3-4 pm Send off urgent message from the morning
4-5pm Drive home
5-6pm Make dinner while 5-yr-old asks for snacks 4,000x
6-7pm Kid refuses to eat the prepped dinner and instead eats three yogurts, fruit snacks and 15 graham crackers; eat own dinner at the sink while washing dishes
7-8pm Bedtime for child which includes four books, three lullabies, seven trips out of bed to tell you he's not tired yet
8-9pm Check work email and finish up tasks from the morning
9-10pm go to bed with husband and stream shows until both of you are snoring
10-midnight Sleep
Midnight-1 am Child wakes you up because he’s cold, he lost a stuffed animal or a dinosaur is in the room; offer backrubs to settle child to sleep
1-2 am Lie awake in own bed
2 am Husband wakes up with insomnia and leaves bed to watch TV on the couch
2-4:30am sleep soundly until the kid wakes you up again
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