A Day in the Life of a DINK

A typical weekday...

12:54am:  Go to bed.  Sleep uninterrupted until...
7:00am:  Dog stomps around bedroom and sighs loudly until she is fed.  Make another mental note that fish can't make noise.  Promise myself tonight I'll go to bed at 8-o'clock.
7:30am: Shower.  Clean, white fluffy towels warmed over the heating vent await.  House is silent when I turn off the water.
7:45am:  Dress in professional attire, including stockings, shoes and jewelry.  Apply make-up.  Style hair.  Promise myself tomorrow I will wake-up early to start running again.
8:15am: Drive to work.  Maybe stop and get a Starbuck's small chai-extra-hot-with-soy-no-water depending on traffic.  Run into BIL at Starbuck's if I do stop.  Listen to WXPN on the drive or a podcast of TAL or Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me!  Pointedly do not listen to the news because I want to be in a happy place when I arrive at work.

9:00am-Xpm:  a blur of meetings, emails, phone calls, and panicked attempts to plan, research, and write regulatory documents interrupted by respites for tea with Sweetest Co-Worker Ever or a call home to check-in.  Promise myself I'll use this weekend to get caught-up.

Xpm-7:00pm: Work late or run errands, depending on work. Errands include:  drinking beer with my homies, returning impulse buys at Target, or grocery shopping.
7:00pm-7:40pm:  Commute home.  Mind still ablaze with work.  Listen to NPR News and Terri Gross.  Connect with distant family and friends on the phone while inching through stop-n-go traffic.
7:40pm-7:45pm:  Several deep breaths while sitting in the driveway to put away the day.
7:45pm: Warmly greeted and received at home by an adoring husband and Dog.  Give silent thanks for a blessed life.
7:45pm-8:10pm: Cook or eat dinner prepared by husband.
8:10pm-11:00pm:  Homework or work.
11:00pm-12:54am: Update blog.  Check Facebook.  Lay out clothes and computer for tomorrow.  Watch a re-run of Arrested Development on Hulu in bed with husband.


A typical weekend...

12:54am: Go to bed.
7:00am:  Curse the dog who can't tell a Saturday from a Monday.  Feed and take out Dog.
7:15am: Return to warm bed and quietly drooling husband.
11:36am: Wake up.  Give silent thanks I don't have kids.  Make tea.
12:00pm-2:00pm:  Domestic chores.
2:00pm-9:00pm: Errands/work/write/craft/nap
9:00pm-11:00pm: Watch Movie of the Week with Patrick Stoner on WHYY on Saturdays or Masterpiece Theatre on Sundays
11:00pm: Regret having wasted an entire day.  Deliciously savor the opportunity to do it again tomorrow.