Both Sarah and Sarah did “A Day in the Life” posts last week, and many of you have done them before. I always love reading these kinds of posts. In the past, I´ve also enjoyed Tonya’s, Kara’s, Mel’s, Cat´s, and Kayla’s. Back when I worked in retail, I used to think I couldn´t do a post like this because every single day was different. No one day was representative of my life. Now my days are always the same, so I´m feeling like now´s my time! 🙂
520 am – Alarm goes off, I hit snooze. Man, I’m sore.
530 am – Turn the lights on, which forces me to wake up. Kind of. I flop around in the bed in misery. I am not a morning person. I reach for my phone and briefly browse emails, Facebook, Instagram.
540 am – Stupid snooze goes off again. I get up fall out of bed, and make the bed (that way I can´t get back in it!). I brush my teeth, put in contacts, put on makeup, pick out what to wear, pack up my gym bag. I’m dozing in and out of reality, basically still asleep. I move very slowly in the mornings, but thanks to my beautiful new Keurig, I brew a very large cup of coffee that I can start sipping nice and early. I begin to have flashes of lucidity.

My adorable nephews M and E, dressed up for “Go Texan Day” which I didn´t even know was a thing, until I moved to Texas.
640 am – Double check I have everything, head downstairs. Play with my two tiny nephews for a sec–they´re all dressed and ready to go to “school”–gah they’re so frickin cute every single day I can hardly stand it. M chases after me shouting “bye Tia Chela! bye Tia Chela!” My heart melts. I head out with a smile on my face and an ache in my uterus.
650 am – Hello Houston traffic. I sip coffee, am so thankful for NPR to keep me engaged and awake enough to make it to work.
740 am – Must… resist… the breakfast sandwiches. Head up to the 20th floor. Turn on my laptop, grab breakfast out of the fridge–usually fat free cottage cheese and turkey, or a granola bar if I’m craving something sweet–yum!
815 am – My boss pops in, chipper as the morning sun. She´s a delight, but I´m just barely getting out of that morning grog. We chat about life, her kids, Michael, and what we have scheduled for the day. And so I get to work. Meetings, reporting, fire-drills, I love it. 🙂
12 pm – I´m starting to get hungry again, but the kitchen is packed with people using the microwaves so I wait. I don’t like being rushed in the kitchen. I keep working.
1 pm – Today I´m on a lengthy conference call, but I was smart enough to take it on my cell phone. While I´m listening I walk over to the kitchen, pop my Lean Cuisine Smart Ones into the microwave and wait.
105 pm – I´m so happy about lunch! I bring the tiny tray and my tub of hummus to my desk to eat and keep taking notes while this guy is talking. I love hummus with anything. Work continues!
4 pm – Geez! Where did the day go?? My boss says she´s heading out early today because of some reason or another (there´s something just about every day). She tells me not to stay too late. I promise her I won´t.
440 pm – Furiously trying to get to a good stopping point. I do not want to leave here past 5 due to the incredible increase in traffic that happens if I leave just a few minutes late.
450 pm – Pack up my stuff and head out. So excited to talk to Michael on the drive home. (If he´s busy I use this time to catch up with mom.)
540 pm – I arrive at the gym, change into my workout clothes, carefully remove my makeup, sit in a lovely lounge chair and read your blogs! Finally, me-time!
630 pm – Time to sweat! Mondays and Wednesdays are Body Pump, Tuesdays and Fridays are Step, Thursday is Spinning. I… kind of love working out. It hurts so good! And I still have a lot of weight to lose.
730 pm – Class is done, I take a few minutes on the treadmill to cool down. Wash my face, put on a sweatshirt even if it´s warm out, because I´m drenched.
745 pm – Happy to be home. C and M are usually bathing the boys and putting them to bed. If I´m lucky, they´re staying up late and I get to play with them a bit, but usually I don´t see them at night. I heat up my Smart Ones, check Facebook and Insta while I´m eating. C and M come down and we hang out and talk a bit. I keep my distance because I´m aware that I stink and that I´m still drenched.
830 pm – Hop in the shower. I let the hot water beat on my aching muscles–since I cancelled my massage membership, this is as close as I’m going to get to deep tissue relaxation. Feels great.
845 pm – I call Michael while I´m doing my post-shower relaxing and stretching. We usually talk about math theory. I try to convince him to not stay up too late. He promises me he won’t, but I know he will.
930 pm – Blog time, or TV time. I have to pick! Can´t do both! I´m really not a TV watcher. I don´t even have a TV, but I recently got HBO logins on my phone and it streams like a charm. I have a short list of shows I want to watch. I watched Game of Thrones first, when I arrived in Houston. Most recently I´ve been watching Mildred Pierce. (Have you seen it? We need to talk.) I love Kate Winslet. But I only have time for one 1hr episode per evening–which is good. I like to take my time. I try to alternate nights between blogging and watching something. If I´m blogging, I use the hour to read your blog posts, or write my own.
1030 pm – Time. For. Bed. I´m so tired! For every minute I stay up past 1030, the morning is 1000x more difficult. As I lay still I feel my muscles actively aching. Yowza. I´m really good at falling asleep quickly, and so there I am. Out like a light, right on schedule. Ready to do it all again tomorrow!
Do you like structure and schedules as much as I do? Haha! Have you written a Day in the Life post that I’ve missed? Link to it below! I want to read it 🙂
Thanks for the mention! I love your post, so much humor and truth to it, haha. I hate mornings too.
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🙂 It’s a daily struggle!
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Sounds like a nice organized and productive day!
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Thanks! I have to have my structure. I’m definitely a routine-kind of person!
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That was fun! And your nephews are ADORABLE!!! 😀
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Thanks! They kind of make me melt.
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Thanks for mentioning me! I love these type of posts! I also LOVE hummus! 🙂
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Me too! I absolutely cannot get enough! 🙂
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I love these posts! I did one last week myself and it was interesting to see my “typical” day written down in words. Kind of eye opening! Thanks for sharing your day in the life with us 🙂
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I love them, too. Thanks for reading!
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I love the “day in the life” type posts! So much fun! I am thinking of posting one of these, so I can contribute, but my days are so boring! LOL!
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I bet they’re not! Let me know when you post it, I want to read it! 🙂
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