Current home/life schedule goes something like this:
- Wake up and try to get out of the house between 6:30 and 7:30; dirty diapers and/or breakfast making falling mostly to Carrie.
- 20 minute drive, then work for 9 hours from the time I get there.
- Home between 4:30 and 5:30, play with the kids a little before we eat dinner.
- I clean up from dinner while Carrie bathes the kids.
- More play-time, generally coupled with Sesame Street on the tv till 7:30 or 8.
- Read to the kids then put them to bed.
- Watch tv/read/internet till 10:00 or 11:00, then lights out.
- (Every other Friday off)
The minutiae, I know. But when Owen and Paige were born we quickly found out how necessary it was to have a schedule. So much so that sometimes we forget that it's ok to break it. Looking back on those early days, that bygone era of 16 months ago, it's hard to remember sometimes what that schedule looked like. So this serves as a reminder as well. Keeping to it can be a pain occasionally but given stories I hear from parents of single kids, when a schedule is needed less, makes me glad for it overall. It'll change soon enough, anyway. Currently Carrie and I both are trying to re-incorporate time for exercise. She's joining a city soccer league, and I'm trying to get the dog and myself back out into the desert more. As the time changes I think we're both looking forward to more daylight, so things like after-dinner walks with the kids become more feasible.
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