- Clear the dining room table
- Pack lunch for hubby and me
- Go through the mail
- Sort dirty laundry
- Fold whatever's in the dryer
- Transfer whatever's in the washer to the dryer and TURN ON
- Load the washer and set the timer for the following afternoon
- Pick out kids clothes
- Pick out my work clothes and my workout clothes
- Pack gym bag
- Get to bed by 10pm
The list felt impossible. Turns out it wasn't. As I went along I missed a few things. Bean got to dress herself one day. I forgot socks another. One evening the dryer was full of WET clothes. I haven't a clue how that happened. I think the funniest was the night when I gave myself a break packing lunches. The next morning I remember to hop in Hubby's car to drop it off that the shop between the gym and work. The shop shuttled me to my office. The fault in my lunch planning didn't hit me until I was standing in the parking lot without a car at noon, very very hungry. *sigh*
As the days have passed, I've kept up pretty well with the list and the goal of making it to the gym each morning. The biggest lesson I've learned so far is not to trust my evening self. If I let my evening self slide on the chore list, it really tends to tweak the morning me when she's unable to start the day 'right' because my evening self didn't do her job. Grrr.
Having succeeded in my original goal, and honestly surpassing it by continuing, I've decided it is time to commit to a gym. Tonight I purchased a gym membership. I worry this is something I'll regret. I'm already anxious about adding another little key chain scan card to my collection, especially one with a monthly fee. However, the memebership goes month to month and I am into this for this month so it is worth it. And they have a pool! I love the pool. My kids love the pool. I'm super excited about going to the pool with my kids on the weekends followed by nice long naps for everyone. Ha! I can dream!
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