When I was an accountant we had to account for all the time we were at work in the day. Clients were generally billed on an hourly basis so on a normal day, I'd have to enter my 8 hours into our time management software so the partners would know how to bill. We were allowed & expected to have some unbillable time every day, just answering e-mails or the phone, dealing with quick stops, etc. It was sometimes a pain but also a good way to be able to tell how my day was spent. A project night feel like it took 15 minutes but really took an hour. I haven't though much about that since I've been home but for 7 1/2 years of my life, many of days could be measured in 15 minute increments.
Now that I am at home there are many evenings I am sitting around with Matt wondering what the heck I did all day, where the time all went. So, I decided to keep track one day to see. I thought it would be interesting, if not for anyone else, than at least for me to compare as life changes. I hope/plan to do this every 6 months or so since I'm sure how Luke & I spend a day now if different than it will be then. So. Here's how we spent last Tuesday, November 12. (11/12/13)
6:15am Matt is up for work and as he's getting out of bed he tells me he's out of bread. In my recent freezer cleanout I knew I saw more homemade buns so I get up to find them for him and also use the bathroom. (He's on warmups this day which means he has to go in an hour early to "warm-up" the machines before treatments begin at 8. He has to do this about once or twice a week.). While we are digging around the deep freeze I also pull out sugar cookie dough to thaw and bake with my sister the next day. I go back to bed before he leaves.
7:40am I wake up when Luke wakes up. This is our first full day home in about 10 days so I am in no hurry to do anything. I make our bed before getting Luke up, change him, put away his laundry we folded the night before, then go downstairs. I change into my workout clothes, put away dishes that had dried in the drainer overnight, and make his bottle. I feed him on the couch while watching the Today show. Once he's done eating we play a bit on the couch (no tummy time right after eating).
8:40am Luke is back down for nap #1. I collect laundry, sort it, and start the first load. I do my workout in the basement while watching Dirty Sexy Money. To cool down I do some very slow miles on the exercise bike while doing my first e-mail/social networks check of the day. I don't do that until after my workout.
9:40am I switch laundry before going upstairs. Luke is awake but playing happily in his crib so I leave him there and eat breakfast (Aldi brand Cheerios with honey and bananas...Yum). I read a chapter in my current book (The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks) before going to get him.
10:05am I get Luke up and he plays on the floor while I read next to him.
10:30am Diaper change and then Luke is ready for feeding #2. I give him a bottle while catching up on some blogs I follow (I try to limit most of my phone time to when I am feeding him). I usually save blogs to read during feedings.
11:10am Luke is done eating and back on the floor playing. I switch laundry.
11:25am We've been trying to stretch out Luke's naps but he's getting pretty grouchy so I put him down for nap #2. I take a tea & muffin "break" and finish my book. Play on 5 Word with Friends games I currently have going. I would rush more to shower but I am waiting for my pants to come out of the dryer (yes, they are sweats).
NOON I shower and get around. By the time I get out my pants are dry.
12:30pm I switch laundry & get my pants. As laundry comes out of the dryer I sort it - towels, rags, and socks go into one basket. Our pants, sweatshirts, and underwear go in another. On our folding table I start a pile for each of our shirts, laid out to prevent wrinkles. After laundry switch I empty our mudroom compost bin (getting snow on the ends of my freshly laundered pants) and bring my flamingos onto the porch.
12:35pm Luke is awake after a really nice 15 minute nap (he fussed quite awhile before falling asleep). We start to read some books but that turns into him eating the books. I read a little about baby sign language. He plays with books and other toys.
1:15pm I change his diaper and then do feeding #3. We cuddle a bit afterwards while he plays with the bottle cap. He only cuddles when he's really tired so I get in as much as I can then.
1:55pm Luke is down for nap #3. I switch the last load of laundry (#4) and make my lunch.
2:05pm I eat lunch (peanut butter, raisin & banana sandwich, pineapple, milk) while watching the prior night's Hart of Dixie on the DVR. During one commercial break I get the mail and take care of my dishes. During another I take the last load of laundry out of the dryer. I fold the socks, towels, and rags while I finish the show. The rest of the commercial breaks I fast forward through.
3:00pm I put away towels, rags, and socks before getting Luke up from his nap. While we are upstairs I pull his next 2 clothes boxes out of the attic (9 months and 12 months) and add some recent gifts he received.
3:20pm We are back downstairs. I change his diaper. I spend the next 30 minutes alternately playing with him and trying to get a package ready to mail. I don't get too far on the package. Give Luke a bottle to feed himself while I try to finish package.
3:50pm Matt is home from work (he gets off early the days he's on warmups). He feeds Luke a little while I finish the package.
4:15pm We leave home stopping at the library (return 2 books), Post Office (mail package and buy Christmas card stamps), and Kohls (I return something we had bought for Luke; Matt looks to use his birthday gift card. We end up just buying Luke a winter hat and a shirt for next winter with free $10 Kohls cash we had expiring this weekend and $1.17 on the merchandise card I just got.)
5:30pm Home and immediately start warming up supper between unpacking diaper bag and taking care of that stuff. We eat leftovers of Vegetarian Taco Salad from the day before. It's a pretty quick supper because Luke is fussy and has little interest in the puffs and food we give him.
5:45pm Matt feeds Luke a few ounces (since close to bedtime) while I clean-up the kitchen from supper. Sweep the kitchen floor because Luke is kinda a messy eater.
5:55pm We have family playtime between my organizing the gift stash. Luke is in a pretty good mood, playing, climbing, and laughing.
6:30pm I give Luke a bath and then take him upstairs to diaper, lotion, and put on pjs. Matt joins me for this part with Luke's bedtime bottle.
6:50pm I am back downstairs while Matt gives Luke his bedtime bottle. We switch off every night on bath & bed duty. I do some random house clean-up and then turn on my computer to take care of some e-mails and work on blog.
7:40pm I check on Matt & Luke, to make sure the first is awake and the second isn't. I watch the end of a syndicated episode of Big Bang Theory.
8:00pm I am back on my computer to work on this blog post and another. Matt is back downstairs not too long later.
At this point I stopped keeping track of my time. We did fold our laundry (we each fold our own since we've never figured out how the other likes it) while watching a DVRed episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine. And we eat ice cream. In bed around 11 or so after we both put away our clothes.
Looking back at the day I apparently watch a lot of tv and read a lot. The reading is out of the ordinary since I was finishing up a book but I do try to read some every day, how much just depends on what else we have going on. As for the tv, we have 3 shows we watch together and 2 I watch on my own. I've been working through our tv shows on DVD while I work out since I need a distraction. It really doesn't feel like we watch a lot but I guess some days we do.
So that's how our day went. Some days are a lot busier with housework, errands, playdates, baking, etc. It's nice to have variety in our days. Luke certainly keeps things interesting!
2 comments:
I didn't think it was going to be as interesting as it actually was! I am watching Heart of Dixie too but on Netflix so just on season 2, so don't tell me anything!!
I wish i was on Luke's sleep schedule! lol
I'm glad my life is less boring than you expected. =)
Kat watches it too!!
Me too a lot of days! He sleep 12 hours at night and then usually 2 naps during the day!
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