Here’s a typical day for me

I thought it’d be fun to document the kind of day I’ve had, so here goes:

5:45 AM wake up (usually 5:15 but “sleep in” because I showered the night before)
6:05 AM take dog for walk around neighborhood
6:15 AM spot car at dog park before park opens. consider dialing 911 but let it go this time.
6:25 AM return home
6:30 AM read and send emails
6:40 AM read N&O
6:45 AM finish reading N&O
6:45 AM greet and feed kids
7:10 AM wake Kelly
7:15 AM read and send emails
7:20 AM shave head
7:30 AM make and pack lunch
7:38 AM leave for work
8:05 AM arrive at work
8:10 AM check work email, begin work
9:30 AM send reminder email to East CAC about meeting
11:00 AM call pizza place to double-check tonight’s pizza order
11:20 AM send email to city staff with instructions for picking up pizza
12:30 PM receive call from TV news reporter looking to interview me
12:35 PM try to find someone else she can interview
12:40 PM strike out on other victims and decide to do interview myself
12:45 PM drive home
1:15 PM arrive home
1:16 PM shave face, grab different shirt (no plaids for TV), grab zoning manuals
1:25 PM head to nearby park for interview
1:30 PM read zoning manuals
1:35 PM small army of leaf blowers makes park too loud, change interview venue
1:45 PM interview begins. Try very hard not to bobble my head.
1:55 PM interview ends. Hope I said something coherent.
1:56 PM race back to work
2:30 PM arrive just in time for work meeting
3:15 PM meeting ends
3:16 PM study issues for next day’s meeting
3:30 PM get call from Kelly about our car needing repair
4:30 PM leave work
5:05 PM pick up Kelly and kids at car dealership
5:25 PM arrive home.
5:26 PM drive around block looking for CAC sign that has gone missing
5:30 PM give up on CAC sign
5:33 PM gather items needed for meeting
5:45 PM race down street on scooter to borrow neighbor’s car
5:50 PM return with car
5:58 PM eat dinner with family
6:08 PM leave for CAC committee meeting
6:22 PM return from CAC meeting place to pick up forgotten item
6:30 PM return to CAC committee meeting
6:40 PM discover committee meeting called short
6:45 PM begin setting up AV equipment for meeting
7:03 PM CAC meeting commences
8:10 PM CAC meeting concludes
8:11 PM pizza and wings are served for social time.
9:00 PM social time officially concludes. clean up meeting room
9:05 PM offer extra pizzas to park staff
9:10 PM arrive home
9:15 PM return neighbors car, riding back on scooter
9:30 PM call other neighbor, who agrees to let us borrow his car for tomorrow
9:40 PM other neighbor arrives with car
9:45 PM drop neighbor off at his house
9:50 PM return home
9:55 PM check emails, check up with wife
10:15 PM write emails to special guests at meeting
10:20 PM fold and put away laundry
10:45 PM enjoy glass of wine
10:46 PM recount my day for my blog
11:05 PM click “post.”

Whew! It takes a Herculean effort some days to pull this off but it’s fun.