People ask how I am able to find time for everything and a lot of it has to do with my morning & evening routines.
Of course, they are altered every now and then, but 90% of the time,
this is how my day begins…
Each morning my alarm sings at 5:00am and I hit snooze. Then I am dressed and working out in the
basement by 5:20am. After a 30 minute
workout, I snap an “after” photo and then head upstairs to shower and get ready
for work by 6am. At 6:30am, my 7 year
old daughter comes into my room dressed and ready for school…this kicks me in
gear…if I haven’t already I make a final decision on what I am going to wear,
get dressed and put on jewelry.
Once ready, the two of us head to the kitchen and I make
breakfast for her and her sister, while my husband heads upstairs to wake up
the 2 year old and get her dressed. Courtney picks out her snack from the
pantry and the puts it in her backpack and turns on the TV. Typically at this
point it is 6:40am, so we only have 20 minutes to eat and get out the
door. I have several choices for the
girls’ breakfast…pancakes, French toast sticks, pancake on a stick, waffles or
cereal. No, none of these are homemade…THANK
YOU SAM’S CLUB!! Then each gets milk and
either banana or grapes and gummy vitamins.
While they watch Arthur, I am busy putting the last minute lunch items
together, filling water bottles and loading my car.
At 7:00am, Courtney & Matt put on their jackets and head
to the bus stop (the bus arrives at 7:07am).
I blend my Shakeology shake which usually includes ice, water, scoop of
Strawberry Shakeology, ½ banana and scoop of Raspberry yogurt. Caroline and I head to the car at 7:05am and wave
to the bus as we pass it…this doesn’t always happen as sometimes it’s 7:10am
before we leave…or 7:15am if she dirties her diaper at breakfast (fun, fun, I
know).
It’s a 12 minute drive from our house to daycare, so the
goal is to arrive by 7:15am and then I head to work which takes another 7-15
minutes depending on traffic. So I arrive
outside my office building on campus between 7:30am and 7:45am.
And that it…that’s the first few hours of each weekday…
again yes, the routine gets altered every now and then but for the most part,
we are able to stick to this timeline…thanks to my nighttime routine, but I’ll
save that for another post J
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