week in the life: tues april 2

 Day 2! And in-office day with a dance class and feelings at the end…

6:35 Alarm goes off. I deeply contemplate the in-office requirements that require me to wash my hair this morning, sigh. Randomly scroll of my phone. Regret not getting gas yesterday.

 

6:45 Quietly head into the bathroom to shower; hope I don’t wake Lil Momma up…

 

6:5X Lil Momma comes in while I shower and asks to skip school for the rest of the week since she has state testing on Thurs and Fri. She leaves when I say no.

 

7:05 Get dressed, remember jewelry, grab my laptop to pack in my bag

 

7:10 Pour my coffee (the Mr. left me a nice setup!); make my smoothie; pack my lunch and backpack – all while the Mr. makes LM her breakfast. 

 

7:25 Sit down with my coffee and chat with the Mr.

 

7:35 Start my car; head upstairs to brush my teeth, put on some make up, fluff my curls.

 

7:48 Leave a handful of minutes early to get gas. Remember my smoothie!

 

7:55 Gas got! Start my podcast and drive to work sipping on my smoothie.

8:25 Park in the garage; put on some lip-gloss and my badge and walk in.

 

8:32 Make it to my desk and log in. Catch up on this post. Say hi to my team (1 in person, 1 over IM). 

 

8:40 Get to work making a plan to make a plan when I get the information I need to make the plan. 

 

10:30 Walking 1:1 with one of the Sr. Leaders in one of the divisions I support. 

 

11:06 Drop by an Admin’s desk to talk about meetings we may or may not need space for. 

 

11:36 Stop by one of my team member’s desks to see how a meeting they had with my boss’s boss went (spoiler: it was GREAT!). 

 

11:48 Get an update on something that I thought was a mistake and would make something better was actually a mistake that left it a dumpster fire. 

 

12:02 Walk away from my spiral to heat up my lunch (oof, the rice did not reheat well). 

 

12:05 Eat at my desk and chat with my broader team over our cubicles; continue my spiral. 

 

12:46 Garage walk for 18 minutes (another CBWC star!!). 

 

1:10 Back at my desk with an emotional support Reese’s to prep for my 2pm. 

 

2:00 Meeting with one of my Sr. Leadership teams to align on making a plan to make plans. 

 

2:45 Back at my desk with more problems than plans. Help someone locate sticky notes and feel a burst of pride. 

 

4:00 Commute home

4:34 Commute home after an idea burst. Why do I get all my ideas at the worst times?!

5:10 Arrive home! Change into jeans and a t-shirt and have crunchy onions on a chicken burger while we watch an old Taskmaster. 

6:00 LM practices her dance before we go to official duet practice at 7. We get in a heated argument about which way she should be facing. The Mr. validates my opinion (it’s hard being spatially dyslexic!) and LM goes to change. 

6:30 The Mr. leaves for darts and I clean up the kitchen. 

7:00 LM and I leave for dance duet practice.  

7:15 Awkward chat with the other mom while swallowing my joy at being right about the way LM faces - and her costume fits!

7:50 As we leave dance, the other mom mentions a sleepover LM isn’t invited to (“a best friend tradition”) and we feel all the feels as we drive home, sigh.  

8:05 LM goes upstairs to do her Wordle and Duo and I do mine downstairs and annoyed-text the Mr. about what the other mom said (and then feel bad about it, oof). Finally, I  take out Bella in the rain so I can go upstairs. 

8:35 LM and I start an episode of Doctor Who in my bed (we are watching from the beginning of the modern era and are almost done with Christopher Eccleston’s series)

9:35 teeth brushed, hugs given, her white noise blaring; she takes her glasses off and chats to me for 15 minutes about memories of her Nana and feelings and dreams until I convince her to sleep.  

10:00 I text the Mr. good night and read for a bit until I crash. (He got home from darts at 12:45)

And there’s day 2; work spirals, dance drama, and cuddles with my girl.