a day in the life

Along with "what's in my bag" posts (mine's here!), I always think it's fascinating to read people's "a day in my life" posts to see what they fill their time with. My days tend to be pretty similar to one another (I'm a creature of habit, down to the same breakfast/lunch menu, same dog-walking route, etc.), but in some ways they're pretty different from other working 29-year-olds' days, given my flexible work schedule as a telecommuter and my quite independent schedule as a childless spouse of a resident who's at the hospital 80+ hours a week.

But obviously one of those things is about to change forever... so before the big transition to motherhood, I thought I'd record a somewhat typical day in my set-my-own schedule kind of life:

6:30 - alarm goes off; lounge in bed for a while checking emails and Instagram on my phone before eventually rolling out, pulling on some workout clothes, and making the bed

7:00 - "make" Ginger's breakfast (mix some wet dog food into some dry) and mine (mix some Kashi cereal into greek yogurt); eat while reading blogs and then clearing out my various work email inboxes

8:30 - after dealing with most of my work emails, get Ginger out for her walk, usually a 2.5-mile loop

9:15 - head to the gym for spinning class

10:30 - stop at Kroger on the way home for some essentials (you'll see most of these on the menu today!): grapes, yogurt, cheddar cheese, english muffins, ice cream

11:00 - back at my desk, processing some new manuscript submissions and chipping away at a couple of big projects

12:30 - lunch of pretzel crisps & cheddar cheese (and some carrots/peppers for health's sake), on the back deck with my Kindle if it's warm and sunny, on the couch with a DVR'd show if the weather's poor

1:00 - time to get some editing done

4:00 - finally get into the shower and some real clothes

4:30 - afternoon break for some errands - today it's Pottery Barn Kids because they're having 20% off everything, so time to finally get my mitts on a few things I've been eyeing for the nursery

5:15 - followed by a stop at the local farmer's market for some apples and other things

5:30 - back at home, put away the farmer's market goods and empty the dishwasher

6:00 - get some more work done (and have a snack) because it's going to be a while still before Peter comes home; my office shifts to the couch with the laptop for a change of scenery - and multitasking with some HGTV

7:45 - Peter texts to say he should be leaving the hospital soon; remember that perhaps Ginger wants her dinner

8:00 - start our dinner, something quick because it's already so late - today homemade pesto and tomatoes from our garden tossed with Israeli couscous and feta (yum); eat while we watch last night's Daily Show and Colbert Report on DVR

9:00 - after dinner cleanup, work on some blog posts, usually while Peter does reading to prep for the next day's cases

9:45 - finish the day off with some ice cream and maybe one more show (we're currently going through West Wing season 7 on Netflix)

10:30 - brush teeth and into bed!