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[quote=Anonymous]you let me know if you figure it out!

I get to bed earlier than that, as do my kids, and I'm not in school (BUT I am still night-nursing my youngest; so, yeah, I feel the pain.).

My guess is that you could get the kids to bed earlier, which would help some.  Picking up take-out or eating leftovers is an easy way to cut out the cooking time.  Dinner can be eaten in 30 minutes (unless that's really quality family time for you, of course), and cleaned up in 5 (assuming you have a dishwasher!).  Divide and conquer at bedtime, trading off kids so that they are both going to bed about the same time.  and shorten the bedtime routine a little, if you can. I am firmly of the opinion that bathtime + storytime + in the bed should be 30 minutes or less, though my DH likes to drag it out.  Finally, try to just go to bed early at least one night/week.  I find my attitude/endurance improves dramatically if I can get 8 hours of sleep just occasionally.

Anyway, other than the walk, my family manages to accomplish most of the same stuff, but I get home at 6 and we get the kids to bed by 8.  (830 or 9 only on those days when DH is working late and I'm doing it on my own)  Although I occasionally have no choice but to do some work after that, my brain is usually swiss cheese.  (No infrequently, I will actually sleep first, and get up at 4am to do the additional work).  I can't imagine how I would function if I had 2-3 more hours of work or study to do every night!  I would collapse!  here is our evening routine:

6 - everyone arrives home, put things away, potty, quick nursing session if baby is hungry, etc
615- 645 - dinner (usually microwaved leftovers; we cook on weekends)
645 - bathtime, if its a bath night (usually DH takes 2yo and I take baby.  baby only takes a few minutes; 2yo takes longer)
7-730 - baby bedtime routine (including nursing, rocking, story).  (usually this is all me, since I am still nursing)
730-745 - 2yo bedtime routine (potty, story, song) (usually this is all DH when he is in town; I just go in for a quick hug and kiss when baby is down.  after that, I usually finish cleaning up dinner, put on laundry, etc, for about 15 minutes.). 
evening - that leaves me the rest of the evening.  as I said, sometimes I need to work, sometimes I need to vegetate, sometimes I actually get some quality time with DH.  usually, I nurse the baby again and go to bed around 10, and get 7-ish hours of (interrupted) sleep, which still leaves me exhausted.

you'll notice there's plenty of extra time built in for the 2yo, especially on nights she is not getting a bath.  that's playtime if she's being cooperative, but sometimes just built-in tantrum time.  she is usually in bed by 745 with some books and toys, albeit not necessarily asleep.

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