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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We feel dogged all the time, DCUM please fix my life!

DW Schedeule
05:30 - 06:00 Commute 
06:00 - 15:30 Work (30 min lunch workout)
15:30 - 16:00 Commute
16:00 - 16:30 2 school pickup
16:30 - 17:00 cook dinner
17:00 - 18:00 eat dinner cleanup lunches
18:00 - 19:00 one kids rec sport or music lesson, downtime for other kid (3 nites week)
19:00 - 20:00 homework and lite chores for next day
20:00 - 21:00 bedtime routine, talk with kids about day, clean dishes
21:00-22:00 check work email and ready for next day since left early and may need put out fires

DH schedule
07:00 - 08:00 wake kids, make breakfast, check bags maybe finish lunches
08:00-08:30 2 school drop off
08:30 - 09:15 commute
09:15 - 17:45 Work
17:45 - 18:30 Commute
18:30 - 19:00 Dinner solo
19:00 - 20:00 homework and lite chores for next day
20:00 - 21:00 bedtime routine, talk with kids about day, clean dishes, pay bills, other home urgent tasks
21:00 - 22:00 Gym (doctor mandated)
22:00 - 23:00 shower & dad putter (this drives me nuts, should go right to bed)

Weekends are usually loads of laundry, cleaning bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, one or two red sports, maybe a fun afternoon outing Saturday, and then Church most of Sunday, and quiet Sunday afternoons running errand and grocery shopping.

How do other working families does this? We have pretty standard 40-hr week jobs, except mine is the bigger job (hence 5 hrs of nightly WAH, but I make much more than DH). We have both looked into going part time or getting closer jobs but nothing has worked out. [b]Our jobs are in neighborhoods with very bad school so moving closer is off table. [/b]

Everyday seems like a marathon while juggling, and many mornings something gets dropped (oh you needed to get to school early for a field trip,  oh you forgot you lunch at school well buy it) and it’s sour feelings all around.

We consider dropping rec sports, but we have an unusable hilly backyard and no kids in our neighborhood — so that sport is majority of our kids socializing and outdoor exercise, so reactant you’re drop.

Other things folks do to make this work?  We would love like an au pair but no extra bedroom and not enough money for nanny, no luck finding someone for doing drop off or pickup hours. 
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Are you sure the schools are "very bad?"  Could you say where the jobs are?  People may have suggestions for places to move that might reduce commute.

If you don't move, I agree aftercare seems reasonable.  My kids love it.[/quote]

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